Rummer
A large rummer with an ovoid bowl, a plain stem with a collar and a domed foot with a pontil mark. It is wheel and diamond engraved with a depiction of Nelson's funeral car inscribed: 'TRAFALAR', 'NILE'. The other side of the bowl, within a wreath: 'IN MEMORY OF LORD NELSON JANY 9TH 1806' (the date of his funeral).
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Object Details
ID: | GGG0036 |
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Type: | Rummer |
Display location: | Not on display |
Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805; French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798 |
Date made: | circa 1806 |
People: | Nelson, Horatio |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund. |
Measurements: | Overall: 240 x 170 mm |