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Jug
Creamware jug commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. It is transfer-printed in red with a stern view of two warships in action, inscribed above 'Action between the VICTORY of 80 Guns & the Santissima Trinidada of 140 Guns.' The number of guns is incorrect. On a ribbon below is the inscription 'SUCCESS TO THE NAVY'. On the other side of the jug is printed, in red, a verse within a surround of foliage: 'A Friend that is Social/Good Natur'd and Free/To a Pot of my Liquor/Right welcome shall be./But he that is Proud/Or ill Natur'd may Pass/By my Door to an Ale-house/And Pay for his Glass.'
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA4777 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Jug |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
| Vessels: | Santissima Trinidad fl.1805 (Spanish navy); Victory (1765) |
| Date made: | early 19th century |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 150 x 155 x 115 mm |