Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2585BLocation: BostonDate / Time: March 04, 2012 11:00AM
Description:
Transfer-decorated Staffordshire Pottery Admiral Nelson Jug, England, early 19th century, pearlware jug with black transfer decoration, one side depicting the bust of "Admiral Lord Nelson" with his famous phrase uttered at the Battle of Trafalgar "England Expects Every Man to do his Duty," the other side with a round reserve depicting the ship with a fort in the background, ht. 4 1/2 in.
Estimate $400-600
Minor scattered crazing with some light brown stain lines.