Rummer

A large rummer with an ovoid bowl and a cushioned and annulated knop stem and a folded foot. It is wheel-engraved with a warship, enclosed in sprays of foliage and berries and a half-length portrait of Nelson with a similar border. Inscribed: 'HMS Victory', 'Lord Nelson' and 'October 21st 1805', 'Trafalgar', 'Victory'.

Object Details

ID: GGG0123
Type: Rummer
Display location: Not on display
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Vessels: Victory (1765)
Date made: Late 19th century
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Jacobs Collection
Measurements: Overall: 285 x 153 mm