Jug

Earthenware jug, transfer-printed in blue, with an ochre painted rim. On one side a 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 saw-He fought-He conquer'd-And he di'd.' On the other side, a naval battle; 'VICTORY' inscribed 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 Me[ri]t and Knight of/the imperial Order of the/Crescent', 'Copenhagen', 'N[il]e', 'Trafalgar'. The prints are surrounded by foliage, and a border of foliage and trophies of arms runs around the neck. There is a band of laurel on the inside and transfers on the handle.

Object Details

ID: AAA4869
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Jug
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801; French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Vessels: Victory (1765)
Date made: circa 1806
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 220 x 245 x 205 mm