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Description: | Buff, salt glazed stoneware gin bottle, modelled as a half-length figure of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), in Rear-Admiral's uniform and wearing a hat. He has the stars of the orders of the Bath, St Ferdinand and the Crescent embroidered on his coat to which is pinned a Naval Gold Medal and two medals are worn around his neck, one inscribed 'NILE 1798'. The bottle has a rope twist handle, and the inscription 'TRAFALGAR 1805/ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY' is impressed on the base. The maker's mark is impressed underneath.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Horatio Nelson bottles Doulton & Watts | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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