A pair of Staffordshire pottery portrait figures of Admiral Sir Dean Dundas and Admiral Sir John Charles Napier, both modelled standing in naval uniform, beside a canon, on an oval base with raised caption, circa 1854, 30cm high. (Dundas repaired to neck) *Biography Dundas was Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet at outbreak of the Crimean War in 1854 and forced the Russian fleet into hiding and oversaw a successful disembarkation of forces into Sebastopol. Unfortunately ill health and old age, he was 69, saw him haul down his flag in January 1855. * Biography Admiral Napier saw over sixty years service in the Royal Navy which included participation in the Napoleonic Wars, the War of 1812 with the United States, the Syrian War and the Crimean War as well as commanding the Portuguese Fleet in the Liberal War. His common nickname in the navy was 'Black Charlie' because of his appearance and dark side whiskers, he was also known as 'Mad Charlie' because of his eccentric behaviour and mannerisms.
A pair of Staffordshire pottery portrait figures of Admiral Sir Dean Dundas and Admiral Sir John Charles Napier, both modelled standing in naval uniform, beside a canon, on an oval base with raised caption, circa 1854, 30cm high. (Dundas repaired to neck) *Biography Dundas was Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet at outbreak of the Crimean War in 1854 and forced the Russian fleet into hiding and oversaw a successful disembarkation of forces into Sebastopol. Unfortunately ill health and old age, he was 69, saw him haul down his flag in January 1855. * Biography Admiral Napier saw over sixty years service in the Royal Navy which included participation in the Napoleonic Wars, the War of 1812 with the United States, the Syrian War and the Crimean War as well as commanding the Portuguese Fleet in the Liberal War. His common nickname in the navy was 'Black Charlie' because of his appearance and dark side whiskers, he was also known as 'Mad Charlie' because of his eccentric behaviour and mannerisms.
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