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.

Object Details

ID: AAA5016
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