Cream jug, part of a service belonging to Nelson's brother, the Reverend William Nelson (1747-1835), later 1st Earl Nelson. The jug is painted with a Greek key pattern border in two shades of red with a gilt rim. An Earl's coronet, Nelson's chelengk and 'SAN JOSEF' crests are painted below the lip with his motto 'FAITH AND WORKS'. The moulded handle is in the shape of a spray of foliage.