Jug

Creamware jug, transfer-printed in black with a medallion portrait of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), a line of ships at sea behind him and swags of foliage above and below. Masonic symbols appear (very small) on the medal in the portrait. Inscribed above the medallion is 'England Expects that every Man will do his Duty/And we will have Twenty of them', below 'ADMIRAL NELSON' around the portrait 'WHO DEFEATED THE FRENCH FLEET ON THE 21ST OF OCTR 1805 OF CAPE TRAFALGAR' within a wreath 'VICTORY'. On the other side, Britannia is shown mourning at a monument surmounted by an urn and set among trees. On the monument is a circular portrait inscribed 'HORATIA (sic) NELSON', 'Born Septm 29th 1758 Died Octr 21, 1805'. Beneath the print is the caption 'Britannia weeping o'er the Ashes of her Matchless Hero, LORD NELSON'. The jug has a dark brown line painted around the rim and the base.

Object Details

ID: AAA4941
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Jug
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: 200 x 215 x 145 mm