Jug
Creamware jug, transfer-printed in black, on one side with a sailor's farewell scene: the sailor in slop hose, fancy waistcoat and buttoned jacket with a stick under his arm, a weeping lady on his arm, with the stern of a ship to his left. 'THE SAILOR'S ADIEU/What should tear me from the arms of my/Dearest Polly, but the undeniable calls of/My Country in whose cause I have engag'd/my Honour and my Life.' On the other side a portrait of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) in frilled cuffs and shirt, a trophy of arms above. 'LORD NELSON/Nelson thy name from shore to shore shall ring/Joy to the Nation joy the England's king/Such prowess ev'ry tribute justly craves/E'en Arabs shout 'Britannnia rules the waves'.
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Object Details
ID: | AAA4493 |
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Collection: | Decorative art |
Type: | Jug |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Unknown |
Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798 |
Date made: | circa 1800 |
People: | Nelson, Horatio |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund. |
Measurements: | Overall: 200 x 200 x 140 mm |