Bowl with saucer

A pearlware tea bowl without handles and a deep saucer bothe with ochre painted rims. The saucer is transfer-printed in brown with hand-colouring in red, yellow, green and pink. A central scallop-shaped reserve, contains a ribbon inscribed 'TRAFALGAR' placed across the staff of a British ensign, flying above a gun, laurel branch and inverted foreign flags. The trophies are flanked by a pyramid and crocodile representing the Battle of the Nile and a fortress representing the Battle of Copenhagen. On either side of the scallop is a pair of tritons, blowing seashells, their tails entwined. The saucer has a border of a Greek key pattern, rose, thistle, shamrock, anchors, crossed palm and laurel branches. The tea bowl has the scallop device in the interior and two pairs of tritons on the exterior with an inner key pattern border.

Object Details

ID: AAA4948
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Bowl with saucer
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Date made: circa 1806
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 60 x 135 mm; Bowl: 57 x 88 cm; Saucer: 35 x 135 mm
Parts: Bowl with saucer