Goblet

A large goblet, with a round bowl, baluster stem and plain foot. Wheel-engraved with a scene inscribed 'NELSON . WOUNDED . AT . TENERIFFE . JULY . 24 . 1797' after the painting by Richard Westall (BHC0498) painted and engraved for Clarke and McArthur's 'Life of Nelson' (1809). On the other side, a warship in full sail inscribed 'VICTORY'.

Object Details

ID: GGG0088
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Goblet
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Events: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 1797
Vessels: Victory (1765)
Date made: circa 1870
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Jacobs Collection
Measurements: Overall: 285 x 195 mm