Rummer

Rummer with a bucket bowl, flattened knop stem and plain conical foot. It depicts Nelson's funeral car inscribed: 'TRAFALGAR, NILE, VICTORY'. and 'LORD NELSON' (within a sunburst). 'Jany 9 1806' - this was the date of his state funeral. The glass has a purple tinge and there are air bubbles in the foot of the rummer.

Object Details

ID: GGG0167
Type: Rummer
Display location: Not on display
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805; French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Vessels: Victory (1765)
Date made: circa 1806
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Jacobs Collection
Measurements: Overall: 183 x 122 mm
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