Jug

Earthenware jug, transfer-printed in blue. 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, two transfers of a naval action; 'VICTORY' above. There is a naval trophy opposite the handle, with an inscription below: '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/Cres[ce]nt', 'Copenhagen, Ni[le], Trafalgar'. The transfers are on a background of foliage and there is a floral border with trophies of arms running around the outside of the neck, with another border of laurel on the inside. The handle is decorated with a stylised floral band.

Object Details

ID: AAA4873
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. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Overall: 230 x 250 x 95 mm