Wine glass

Wine glass with a conical bowl, plain stem and conical foot. It is wheel engraved with a depiction of the death of Nelson and inscribed 'LORD NELSON WOUNDED OCT 21ST 1805'. The glass itself may date to as early as the 1780s and the image is derived from Benjamin West's view of Nelson mortally wounded in 'Victory's' cockpit at Trafalgar, engraved in Clarke and McArthur's 'Life of Nelson' (1809). The image on the glass was probably done much later, however, since its decoration is as a pair with GGG0017 which was probably engraved between the 1870s and the early 20th century.

Object Details

ID: GGG0018
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Wine glass
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Date made: Late 18th-early 19th century, with Later engraving; ca.1820 ?
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Overall: 130 x 65 mm