Mug

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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.

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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