Jug

Large earthenware jug, transfer-printed in blue. It has an overall floral design with oriental scenes in cartouches and a mottled blue handle. Three upside down transfers are printed on the neck. Below the lip is a circular portrait of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) surrounded by a laurel wreath and inscribed 'LORD NELSON'.

Object Details

ID: AAA4865
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Jug
Display location: Display - QH
Creator: Unknown
Date made: circa 1806
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Overall: 340 x 425 x 295 mm