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Mug
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Mug
- Place of origin:
Newcastle, England (made)
- Date:
ca. 1805 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Newcastle Pottery (maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed with black enamel
- Credit Line:
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
- Museum number:
3658-1901
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain, room 138, case 9, shelf 5
Physical description
Mug of cream-coloured lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed with black enamel. Cylindrical with a loop handle. With figures of a sailor and soldier mourning beside a monument of Lord Nelson, and with verses and other inscriptions. On the front of the monuments is a bust of Nelson inscribed 'The ... lamented LORD VISCOUNT NELSON Born Sep 29 1758, Fell in the glorious Cause of his Country in the Memorable Battle of Trafalgar 21 October 1805 Aged 47. Motto, Palmam qui meruit ferat, Translation Let him bear away the Palm who deserved it.'. Inside is an applied figure of a frog in black.
Place of Origin
Newcastle, England (made)
Date
ca. 1805 (made)
Artist/maker
Newcastle Pottery (maker)
Materials and Techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed with black enamel
Marks and inscriptions
'Newcastle Pottery. ENGLAND EXPECTS THAT EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY'
'The ... lamented LORD VISCOUNT NELSON Born Sep 29 1758, Fell in the glorious Cause of his Country in the Memorable Battle of Trafalgar 21 October 1805 Aged 47. Motto, Palmam qui meruit ferat, Translation Let him bear away the Palm who deserved it.'
'Remember whilst his mortal part has rest / Th' immortal lives in every Briton's breast / Tho' short his Span of Life, recording fame / Inscribes a deathless Volume to his Name. / Mourn not for me, 'tis vain, chase grief away / Compleat my work and crown the glorious day / Behold, 'tis done his parting spirit flew / And lighting rests, brave Collingwood with you.'
Dimensions
Height: 12.4 cm, Diameter: 9.2 cm
Object history note
Given by G. G.Francis, Esq., FSA of Swansea in 1860. Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street.
Descriptive line
Mug of cream-coloured lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed with black enamel, made at the Newcastle Pottery, Newcastle upon Tyne, ca. 1805.
Labels and date
Mug depicting the death of Nelson in 1805
Made at the Newcastle Pottery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, about 1805
The print signed 'Newcastle Pottery'
Lead-glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration
3658-1901 Given by G.G.Francis Esq, FSA [23/05/2008]
Materials
Earthenware; Enamel; Lead glaze
Techniques
Transfer-printed
Subjects depicted
Soldier; Nelson, Horatio (Lord); Monument; Sailor
Categories
Ceramics; Earthenware
Collection code
CER
