Plate

Bone china plate printed with a full colour reproduction of the battle of Camperdown 11 October 1797, after the painting by P. J. de Loutherbourg. The cobalt blue border is decorated with gold stars and a formalised rope design with insets of anchors. Britannia is shown at the top of the picture in the centre. The back is printed with the National Maritime Museum's three anchor crest and the inscription 'THE MARITIME ENGLAND PLATES No 5. THE BATTLE OF CAMPERDOWN 1797. This plate depicts Admiral Duncan's fleet defeating the Dutch fleet under Admiral de Winter. Produced with the approval of the National Maritime Museum, this edition is limited to two thousand plates of which this is number 780.' The plate is in a red fitted box with the maker's name printed on the reverse.

Object Details

ID: AAA5221
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Plate
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Spode Ltd
Events: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Camperdown, 1797
Date made: circa 1985
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Reproduced with kind permission of Spode.
Measurements: Overall: 25 x 240 mm
Parts: Plate
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