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Description: | Jug with moulded lip and loop handle, with red top rim. It commemorates Admiral Beatty (1871-1936) and the surrender of the German Fleet.
Transfer-printed under the lip with a profile of Beatty raising his hat, in a circle inscribed ?Admiral Sir David Beatty? and ?Thank you - I always told you they would have to come out?.
Transfer-printed on one side with a profile of a warship inscribed ?HMS Queen Elizabeth SDB? within a green oak wreath intertwined with a ribbon inscribed ?Germany surrendered 8 battle cruisers 185 submarines 10 battleships 50 destroyers near the Inchcape Rock to Admiral Sir David Beatty November 21st 1918?.
On the other side, within green oak sprays surmounted by a trident, is inscribed ?The surrender of the German Fleet has secured the freedom of the seas for such as pass thereon upon their lawful occasions, and is a testimony to the value of sea power which the people of the British Empire will forget at their peril David Beatty'.
[Price �400]
caption: Jug | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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