Rummer

Rummer commemorating Lord Nelson. It has an ovoid bowl with a wheel-engraved portrait of Nelson in profile (facing left) with a long pigtail. The portrait is within an oval cortouche flanked by laurel branches. Inscribed above: 'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON'. On the other side: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN THIS DAY WILL DO HIS DUTY'.

Object Details

ID: GGG0555
Type: Rummer
Display location: Not on display
Date made: Early 19th century
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 146 x 98 mm