Jug

Earthenware jug commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). It is painted yellow with three transfer-printed panels in reserve, very crudely coloured in bright green, yellow, magenta and brown; it has a reddish-brown decorative border. One one side is a warship under sail and under the lip a boy and four sheep inscribed 'THE FAVOURATE SHEEP/A PRESENT FOR A GOOD CHILD'. On the other side of the jug, Britannia is shown mourning at a monument surmounted by an urn with 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'.

Object Details

ID: AAA4946
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Jug
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Date made: circa 1806
Exhibition: Royal River: Power, Pageantry and the Thames
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection
Measurements: Overall: 180 x 220 x 165 mm