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A Prattware Admiral Rodney Character Jug, circa 1790-95 image 1
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Lot 153

A Prattware Admiral Rodney Character Jug, circa 1790-95

20 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Prattware Admiral Rodney Character Jug, circa 1790-95

Of large size, formed as the head and shoulders of the admiral wearing Neptune's crown moulded in relief with military trophies and picked out in full Prattware colours, his braids raised at the back to form the handle, his uniform picked out in blue and yellow, the underside of the base with a faint moulded title 'Robney Abml [sic]', 14.8cm high

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Provenance
Bonhams sale, 8 September 2004, lot 87
British Private Collection

George Brydges Rodney (1719-1792), first Baron Rodney, was made Admiral in 1778. In 1782, when news of his defeat of the French at the Battle of the Saintes reached Britain, Rodney became an enormously popular figure throughout the country. He was modelled as many different character jugs and Toby's, although most were much smaller in scale than this most splendid example.

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