Mug
Lustreware frog mug, transfer-printed with an oval portrait of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) facing left, flanked by red ensigns and naval trophies. A winged figure of Fame is placed above and ships are shown to the left and right of a grassy knoll. A moulded frog inside is painted brown and red. The mug is hand-coloured in red, yellow and green with splashes of pink lustre. 'TRAFALGAR' is inscribed above the portrait. 'The Briton mourn (sic) what else can Britons do/While Bleeding Nelson rises to her view./Still is there cause for Triumph when she shews/The captured colours of our Vanquished foes./And greater still when FAME was heard to say/All all were Nelsons on that glorious DAY.'
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Object Details
ID: | AAA5160 |
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Collection: | Decorative art |
Type: | Mug |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | John Phillips & Co; John Phillips & Co |
Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
Date made: | 21 Oct 1805 |
People: | Nelson, Horatio; John Phillips & Co |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 125 x 130 x 90 mm |