Rummer

A rummer with a bucket bowl, plain stem and a conical foot with a pontil mark. It is wheel-engraved with Nelson's funeral car inscribed: 'TRAFAGAR', 'NILE'. On the other side: 'LORD NELSON JANY 9 1806' below a spray of foliage. The date is that of the state funeral of Lord Nelson.

Object Details

ID: GGG0226
Type: Rummer
Display location: Not on display
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805; French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Date made: circa 1806
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Overall: 125 x 70 mm