A creamware jug, inscribed and dated 1799
A creamware jug, inscribed and dated 1799
Printed in brown and hand-coloured with 'LORD NELSONS ARMS', the reverse with an interior scene titled 'EVENING or the MAN of FEELING', inscribed 'Thomas Gwilt 1799' below the spout, 21.2cm high
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Bonhams, 5 July 2005, lot 65
Parish records show that a Thomas Gwilt married Mary Hiles in 1799 at Meole Brace, Shropshire.
The celebrated chelengk had been presented by the Turkish Sultan in September 1798 and Nelson was granted permission to add this emblem to his crests. A printed version of Nelson's arms was published by Harrison, Cluse & Co., Fleet St. in December 1798 showing an extremely stylised chelengk. The potter responsible for this jug copied the newly-issued printed arms and clearly had no idea what a chelengk was. The result is therefore an amusing, though rather feeble attempt to represent Nelson's proud insignia.
The reverse print is most likely after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury, satirising the 1771 sentimental novel 'The Man of Feeling' by Henry Mackenzie.
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A creamware jug, inscribed and dated 1799
Printed in brown and hand-coloured with 'LORD NELSONS ARMS', the reverse with an interior scene titled 'EVENING or the MAN of FEELING', inscribed 'Thomas Gwilt 1799' below the spout, 21.2cm high
Provenance
Bonhams, 5 July 2005, lot 65
Parish records show that a Thomas Gwilt married Mary Hiles in 1799 at Meole Brace, Shropshire.
The celebrated chelengk had been presented by the Turkish Sultan in September 1798 and Nelson was granted permission to add this emblem to his crests. A printed version of Nelson's arms was published by Harrison, Cluse & Co., Fleet St. in December 1798 showing an extremely stylised chelengk. The potter responsible for this jug copied the newly-issued printed arms and clearly had no idea what a chelengk was. The result is therefore an amusing, though rather feeble attempt to represent Nelson's proud insignia.
The reverse print is most likely after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury, satirising the 1771 sentimental novel 'The Man of Feeling' by Henry Mackenzie.
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