Rummer

Rummer with an ovoid bowl, plain stem and domed square foot (lemon squeezer foot). Wheel and diamond engraved with Nelson's funeral carriage inscribed: 'NILE', 'TRAFALGAR', 'VICTORY'. The whole is captioned 'LORD NELSON'S CAR'.

Object Details

ID: GGG0022
Type: Rummer
Display location: Not on display
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805; French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Vessels: Victory (1765)
Date made: circa 1806
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Overall: 135 x 90 mm