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'.