Mug

Creamware mug, transfer-printed with Britannia mourning at a monument surmounted by an urn, a weeping willow behind. 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 transfer disappears off the top of the mug.

Object Details

ID: AAA4945
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: 160 x 150 x 100 mm