Mug
Yellow-glazed earthenware mug, with a moulded base. The mug is transfer-printed in black with a portrait of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) in an octagonal lozenge surmounted by a coronet, over it the inscription 'TRAFALGAR'. Above the portrait, the winged figure of fame is shown blowing a trumpet and on either side are flags. Below is a verse: 'The Britain mourns what else can Britains do/While bleeding Nelson rises to her view/Still is there cause for Triumph when she shews/The captured colours of our Vanquish'd foes/And greater still when Fame was heard to say/All all was Nelsons on that glorious day'.
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Object Details
ID: | AAA4929 |
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Collection: | Decorative art |
Type: | Mug |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Unknown |
Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
Date made: | circa 1806 |
People: | Nelson, Horatio |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund. |
Measurements: | Overall: 120 x 115 x 85 mm |