Bowl

Creamware bowl, transfer-printed in black on the interior with a circular portrait inscribed 'SIR HORATIO NELSON' (a poor likeness). On the outside, a print of a shepherdess seated under a tree with a rowing boat on a pond in the background. On the other side, a scene of a man and woman taking tea seated in an arbour while a servant pours hot water into a teapot from a kettle.

Object Details

ID: AAA4758
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Bowl
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: 1797-1798; 1797-8
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Overall: 70 mm x 150 mm x 150 mm