Rummer

A rummer with an incurved bucket bowl, ball-knopped stem and conical foot with a step and a pontil mark. The bowl is wheel-engraved with a profile portrait of a naval officer (Nelson) within an oval border, 'TRAFALGAR 1805' inscribed above, and three warships. Inscribed around the rim: 'ENGLAND . EXPECTS . THAT . EVERY. MAN . THIS . DAY . WILL . DO . HIS DUTY.'

Object Details

ID: GGG0149
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: 150 x 85 mm
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