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Jug
Black jug, with a mask lip, baluster-shaped, with applied white relief medallions depicting standing figures with banners behind them inscribed 'LORD RODNEY' and 'LORD HOOD'. They are placed either side of a central medallion depicting a warship under sail inscribed 'VILLA DE PARIS' (sic). It commemorates Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney (1719-1792) and Admiral Sir Samuel Hood (1724-1816). The 'Ville de Paris' was captured during Rodney's victory, the battle of the Saints, in 1782.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA4372 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Jug |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Vessels: | H.M.S. Ville de Paris (1782) |
| Date made: | circa 1782 |
| People: | Rodney, George Brydges; Hood, Samuel |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Lionel Preston Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 165 x 165 x 125 mm |
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