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Goblet
Goblet commemorating Nelson's battles. A tall, inverted baluster-stem goblet with a terraced foot and a cup bowl. It has a pontil mark. The goblet is wheel and diamond engraved with a portrait inscribed: 'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON' framed by a wreath of bay. Within an oak wreath on the other side, the inscription: 'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON', 'CONQUEROR AT ABOUKIR 1 AUGT 1798 COPENHAGEN 2 APRIL 1801. TRAFALGAR 21 OCTR 1805 WHERE HE GLORIOUSLY FELL'. There are two leaf swags tied with ribbon on the sides of the goblet.
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Object Details
| ID: | GGG0035 |
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| Type: | Goblet |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798; Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
| Date made: | Early 19th century |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 280 x 185 mm |