Vase

Large hexagonal vase and cover with lion's head handles. It is gilded and painted overall with Japan floral decoration and has a coloured view of the Battle of the Trafalgar on the front. Painted on the base in red cursive script: 'The Battle of Trafalgar'.

Object Details

ID: AAA4741
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Vase
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Brewer, Robert; Brewer, Robert Chamberlains & Co.
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Date made: circa 1805
People: Chamberlains & Co.; Brewer, Robert
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection
Measurements: Overall: 510 x 160 x 190 mm
Parts: Vase