Pendant

Gold pendant, shaped like a foul anchor and inscribed with the words 'NELSON'S VICTORY, AUGUST 1.1798'. It is suspended from a blue and white ribbon, which is attached to a gold pin. The pendant was made to commemorate the Battle of the Nile, and it has been suggested that this type of pendant was originally worn on a coat, in the centre of a patriotic 'favour' but 'The Morning Post and Gazeteer' 8 November 1798 says 'The Ladies in compliment to our naval victories, sport the golden anchor, which suspended by a chain, rests on the bosom'.

Object Details

ID: JEW0140
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Pendant
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Events: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Date made: circa 1798
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Overall: 107 mm x 42 mm x 7 mm