Vase

Vase commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) and the Trafalgar centenary 1905, in blue jasper with white applied reliefs. There are acanthus leaves and oak leaves around the foot. A medallion portrait of Nelson after John De Vaere decorates the body in a beaded frame suspended by a ribbon, with Victory writing an inscription on a shield beside a rostral column on the other side. Suspended from handles in the form of sphynxs' heads are a quiver, torch, bow and laurel wreath on one side and on the other, a trumpet, lyre and rose wreath. There is a band of flowers and grasses around the base of the body, and an oak wreath above the portrait. On the neck are the dates '1805' and '1905' within laurel wreaths tied with ribbon. The vase stands on a foot attached with a nut.

Object Details

ID: AAA5097
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Vase
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd; Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd Vaere, John De
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Date made: 1905
People: Nelson, Horatio; Vaere, John De Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Overall: 260 x 135 x 125 mm