Cup

Trafalgar centenary commemorative loving cup. The body is in colour-glazed stoneware with three rope twist handles coloured yellow. Moulded decoration on the sides consists of dark blue panels on a mottled blue-green background, on which are placed three pale blue medallions bordered with rope twist. On one medallion, an oval profile portrait of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) with a coronet above. 'LORD NELSON BORN 1758 DIED 1805' is inscribed on either side. The second medallion bears the Trafalgar signal, 'ENGLAND . EXPECTS . EVERY . MAN . WILL . DO . HIS . DUTY.' and the third medallion shows Nelson's coat of arms.

Object Details

ID: AAA5076
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Cup
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Royal Doulton
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Date made: 1905
People: Nelson, Horatio; Royal Doulton
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Overall: 170 x 200 x 200 mm