Vase

A heavy porcelain pot-pourri vase, with gold lion ring handles on either side and a waisted neck pierced with holes. The body is coloured orange and decorated with gold stars. In a reserve on the front is a panel, transfer-printed in sepia with Neptune in his chariot, seated beside Britannia and holding an oval portrait of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) inscribed 'NELSON'.

Object Details

ID: AAA4962
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Vase
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Overall: 220 x 170 x 140 mm
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