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).

Object Details

ID: GGG0036
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