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| inventarisnummer | ZBA4393
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| collectie | Ceramics
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| museum | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
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| datum | 1918
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| omschrijving | Jug with moulded lip and loop handle, with red top rim. It commemorates Admiral Beatty (1871-1936) and the surrender of the German Fleet.
Transfer-printed under the lip with a profile of Beatty raising his hat, in a circle inscribed ‘Admiral Sir David Beatty’ and ‘Thank you - I always told you they would have to come out’.
Transfer-printed on one side with a profile of a warship inscribed ‘HMS Queen Elizabeth SDB’ within a green oak wreath intertwined with a ribbon inscribed ‘Germany surrendered 8 battle cruisers 185 submarines 10 battleships 50 destroyers near the Inchcape Rock to Admiral Sir David Beatty November 21st 1918’.
On the other side, within green oak sprays surmounted by a trident, is inscribed ‘The surrender of the German Fleet has secured the freedom of the seas for such as pass thereon upon their lawful occasions, and is a testimony to the value of sea power which the people of the British Empire will forget at their peril David Beatty'.
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| afmetingen | Overall: 160 mm x 190 mm x 135 mm
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