Rummer

Rummer with an ovoid bowl, a shot knopped stem with a collar and a terraced foot with a pontil mark. It is wheel-engraved with Nelson's funeral car inscribed: 'TRAFALGAR' across the canopy, 'NILE' on the side and 'VICTORY' on the stern. On the other side, within a wreath; 'LORD NELSON JANY. 9 1806' (the date of his funeral.)

Object Details

ID: GGG0447
Type: Rummer
Display location: Not on display
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805; French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Vessels: Victory (1765)
Date made: circa 1806
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Nelson-Ward Collection
Measurements: Overall: 210 x 150 mm