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Mug
Small creamware mug transfer-printed in black with a stipple portrait of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), inscribed 'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON', 'TREFALGAR (sic) 1805', 'NILE 1798. COP'. A laurel spray is paced above the portrait and naval trophies below. The image of Nelson is based on the engraving by J. Chapman, published in December 1798 see PAD3884. The handle is missing.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA4794 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Mug |
| 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 |
| Measurements: | Overall: 70 x 70 x 60 mm |