Rummer

Rummer with a bucket bowl, knopped stem with a collar and a terraced foot. It is wheel-engraved with Nelson's funeral car, inscribed on the stern: 'VICTORY', on the side: 'NILE' and on the canopy: 'TRAFALGAR' . On the other side: 'LORD NELSON JANY. 9 1806'. This was the date of Nelson's state funeral.

Object Details

ID: GGG0238
Type: Rummer
Display location: Not on display
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805; French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Date made: Early 19th century
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Overall: 210 x 120 mm