Bowl lid
Black basalt, sugar bowl with lid commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) with a glazed interior and moulded decoration. It is decorated overall with a wandering line pattern. On each side is a shell in relief. On one side the shell bears a design of a monument with an obelisk on a base inscribed 'PRO PATRIA'. This is flanked by Britannia and Victory inscribing 'NELSON Octr 2...' on a shield. The other shell has a ribbon inscribed 'TRAFALGAR' placed across the staff of a British ensign, flying above a gun, shield, laurel branch and inverted foreign flags. The trophies are flanked by a pyramid and crocodile representing the Battle of the Nile and a fortress representing the Battle of Copenhagen. A Greek key pattern runs around the top of the bowl and is echoed in the shape of the handles on the bowl and the knob on the lid.
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Object Details
ID: | AAA5044.2 |
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Type: | Bowl lid |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Elijah Mayer & Son |
Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801; French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798 |
Date made: | 1805-1834 |
People: | Nelson, Horatio; Elijah Mayer & Son |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund. |
Measurements: | Overall: 50 x 108 x 73 mm |
Parts: |
Bowl
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