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Jug
Creamware jug, transfer-printed in sepia on one side with a portrait of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), inscribed 'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON', 'TREFALGAR (sic) 1805', 'NILE 1798. COP'. A laurel spray is placed above the portrait and naval trophies below. On the other side of the jug is a port broadside view of a warship under sail, 'BRITONS NEVER SHALL BE SLAVES' on a ribbon below it.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA4791 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Jug |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805; French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801 |
| Date made: | circa 1806 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 120 x 135 x 90 mm |