Rummer
A rummer with a bucket bowl, plain stem and plain conical foot. It is wheel-engraved with six warships and an oval profile portrait of Nelson, facing left in an oval frame within a laurel wreath. Above the portrait is inscribed:'TRAFALGAR' and around the rim: 'ENGLAND . EXPECTS . THAT . EVERY . MAN . THIS . DAY . WILL . DO . HIS . DUTY .' The glass has a pinkish tinge and thee are bubbles in the base of the bowl. the engraving may be later than the glass.
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Object Details
ID: | GGG0174 |
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Type: | Rummer |
Display location: | Not on display |
Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
Date made: | Early 19th century |
People: | Nelson, Horatio |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Jacobs Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 250 x 130 mm |