Rummer

A rummer with an ovoid bowl, a stem with a cushioned hollow knop, and a plain conical folded foot. It is wheel-engraved with a warship, enclosed in sprays of foliage, inscribed to the right: 'H.M.S. VICTORY' and a half-length portrait of Nelson also flanked by foliage sprays inscribed: 'LORD NELSON'. On the foot: 'TRAFALGAR VICTORY OCTOBER 21ST 1805.'

Object Details

ID: GGG0203
Type: Rummer
Display location: Not on display
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Vessels: Victory (1765)
Date made: 20th century
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Jacobs Collection
Measurements: Overall: 160 x 95 mm