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Mug
Creamware mug, with a black line painted below the rim and two lines above the protruding base, transfer-printed in black, with a view of ships in action representing the Battle of the Nile,1798. A fort in the background flies a conspicuous tricolour. It is inscribed 'Lord Nelson engaging the Toulon Fleet off the Mouth of the Nile', 'The young Alexander of France/May boast of his prowess in vain/When Nelson appears tis confest/That Britains (sic) are Lords of the Main'.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA4757 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Mug |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798 |
| Date made: | circa 1798 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 160 x 145 x 110 mm |
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