E5980

Frog mug Long Caption: 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.' Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection Object: AAA5160 Artist: John Phillips & Co. Date: unknown Medium: earthenware Size: 125 mm x 130 mm x 90 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.