English creamware commemorative pottery jug with portrait of Admiral Rodney late 18th century.

Dated: 1782 English

A fine English creamware pottery pitcher with tortoise shell ground commemorating Admiral Rodney. The centre cream coloured relief moulded medallion cartouche shows Rodney looking to sinister with green ribbed on flowing ribbons bearing the inscription ADMIRAL RODNEY. A rare historical piece commemorating Rodneys's victory over the French at Saintes in 1782.

Dimensions: 5 inches high

Current Condition: Restored at spout

Literature: The Battle of the Saintes (known to the French as the Bataille de la Dominique), or Battle of Dominica was an important naval battle that took place over 4 days, 9 April 1782 – 12 April 1782, the Anglo-French War, and was a victory of a British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney over a French fleet under the Comte de Grasse forcing the French and Spanish to abandon a planned invasion of Jamaica.[4] The battle is named after the Saintes (or Saints), a group of islands between Guadeloupe and Dominica in the West Indies. The French fleet defeated here by the Royal Navy was the same French fleet that had blockaded the British Army during the Siege of Yorktown. The French suffered heavy casualties and many were taken prisoner including the Comte de Grasse. Four French ships of the line were captured (including the flagship) as well as one destroyed. re;Wikapedia.

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