Rummer

Rummer depicting Nelson's funeral car. The rummer has a bucket bowl, a plain stem and a conical foot and is wheel-engraved. The top of the car is inscribed 'TRAFALGAR' and the side 'NILE'. The rummer is captioned 'LORD NELSON JANY 9 1806', the date of Nelson's funeral.

Object Details

ID: GGG0227
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Rummer
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
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: 130 x 80 mm