Earthenware jug

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Earthenware jug, transfer-printed in brown. On one side a portrait of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) inscribed above 'NELSON', around the portrait 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY M AN TO DO HIS DUTY' below 'Shew me my Country's Foes, the Hero cry'd,/He saw-He fought, [He] conquer'd, and he di'd.' On the other side, a naval action, 'VICTORY' inscribed above. There is an inscription opposite the handle, with a naval trophy above: 'HORATIO LORD VISCOUNT/NELSON/VICE ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE/ Knight of the Order of the Bath/Duke of Bronte in Sicily/Grand Cross of the Order of Ferdi/nand and of Merit and Knight of/the imperial Order of the/Crescent', 'Copenhagen', 'Nile', 'Trafalgar'. A scrolling floral border with trophies of arms runs around the neck, with another border of laurel on the inside. The handle is decorated with a fragment of transfer and has the edges painted with ochre lines. Another ochre line runs around the rim. Show more