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Jug
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'.
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'.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA4393 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Jug |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Collingwood Bros. Ltd |
| Events: | Surrender of The High Seas Fleet, 1918 |
| Date made: | 1918 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 160 mm x 190 mm x 135 mm |
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