Bottle
Buff, salt glazed stoneware gin bottle, modelled as a half-length figure of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), in Rear-Admiral's uniform and wearing a hat. He has the stars of the orders of the Bath, St Ferdinand and the Crescent embroidered on his coat to which is pinned a Naval gold medal and two medals are worn around his neck, one inscribed 'NILE 1798'. The bottle has a rope twist handle, and the inscription 'TRAFALGAR 1805/ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY' is impressed on the base. The maker's mark is impressed underneath. The surface is painted in natural colours, with oil-based paint.
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Object Details
ID: | AAA5016 |
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Collection: | Decorative art |
Type: | Bottle |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Royal Doulton |
Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
Date made: | circa 1845 |
People: | Nelson, Horatio; Royal Doulton |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 420 x 210 x 190 mm |