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inventarisnummer | AAA4402
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collectie | Ceramics
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museum | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
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datum | circa 1783
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omschrijving | Pearlware teaport and cover, commemorating General George Augustus Eliott (1717-1790) and the Siege of Gibraltar, 1779-1781. It is hand painted on one side in the manner of David Rhodes with General Eliott in military uniform standing beside a cannon holding a telescope or baton, his coat coloured red and blue. Inscribed above is 'Elliot for ever'. On the other side is shown a Spanish gunboat crewed by four men. The teapot has a moulded handle and blue lines around the top and lid.
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afmetingen | Overall: 140 x 190 x 115 mm
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