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.