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Teapot
Pearlware teapot, commemorating General George Augustus Eliott (1717-1790) and the Siege of Gibraltar, 1779-1781. It is hand painted on one side in the manner of David Rhodes with General Eliott in military uniform standing beside a cannon holding a telescope or baton, his coat coloured red and blue. Inscribed above is 'Elliot for ever'. On the other side is shown a Spanish gunboat crewed by four men.
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Object details
| ID: | AAA4402.1 |
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| Type: | Teapot |
| Display location: | Display - Park Row Wing |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | circa 1783 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Parts: |
Teapot with lid
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