Dish

Japan pattern round dish, part of a breakfast service that belonged to Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The dish is painted in colours and gilt. The design shows a bowl of flowers in the centre and three panels of flowers on the rim, one incorporating two green birds. Between the flower panels there are three reserves containing Nelson's 'SAN JOSEF' crest, inscribed with his motto 'FAITH AND WORKS', a Viscount's coronet and a Duke's coronet. '240' is painted on the base. The service was ordered by Nelson after a visit to Chamberlain's china factory on August 26 1802. In the inventory of the contents of his house at Merton, sold by Lady Hamilton in 1809, it is called the 'Horatia Service'.

Object Details

ID: AAA4540
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Dish
Display location: Display - Traders Gallery
Creator: Chamberlains & Co.
Date made: circa 1802
Exhibition: Traders: The East India Company and Asia
People: Nelson, Horatio; Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 45 x 195 mm
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