Rummer

A large rummer with an ovoid bowl, waisted stem and plain conical foot. It is wheel-engraved with a port side view of a warship and a profile portrait of a naval officer within a laurel wreath, inscribed below: 'ADMIRAL SIR HOME RIGGS POPHAM' (sans serif). On the foot of the item: 'NELSON, CALVI, 1794'.

Object Details

ID: GGG0133
Type: Rummer
Display location: Not on display
Events: French Revolutionary Wars: Siege of Calvi, 1794
Date made: 20th century
People: Popham, Home Riggs; Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Jacobs Collection
Measurements: Overall: 225 x 142 mm