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Mug
Earthenware mug, transfer-printed in blue with an ochre rim. On one side an oval portrait of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) inscribed above 'NELSON' around the portrait 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY' below 'Shew me my Country's Foes,the Hero cry'd,/He fought, He conquer'd, he died.' On the other side, a naval battle, 'VICTORY' above. There is an inscription opposite the handle, below a naval trophy 'HORATIO LORD VISCOUNT/NELSON/VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE./Knight of the Order of the Bath/Duke of Bronte in Sicily Grand Cross of the Order of Ferdi/nand and of Merit and Knight of/the imperial Order of the/Crescent', 'Copenhagen', 'Nile', 'Trafalgar'. Inside the rim is a printed floral band with trophies of arms.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA4862 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Mug |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798; Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801 |
| Vessels: | Victory (1765) |
| Date made: | circa 1806 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 95 x 100 x 70 mm |
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