Rummer

A rummer with a bucket bowl and plain collared stem. It has a hollow square (lemon squeezer) foot. It is wheel and diamond engraved with Nelson's funeral carrriage inscribed: 'TRAFALGAR', 'NILE' and captioned: 'NELSONS CAR'.

Object Details

ID: GGG0034
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: 160 x 100 mm