Rummer

Rummer with an incurved bucket bowl, a stem with one flattened knop and a plain conical foot with a pontil mark. Wheel-engraved with a portrait of Nelson in an oval frame, 'TRAFALGAR' above and with five warships. Inscribed around the rim: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS THAT EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY.' Possibly a modern copy.

Object Details

ID: GGG0084
Type: Rummer
Display location: Not on display
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Date made: 20th century
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Jacobs Collection
Measurements: Overall: 155 x 85 mm