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Mourning ring
Gold mourning ring commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The bezel of the ring is decorated in red and white enamel with the letters 'N' and 'B', below two coronets and the name 'TRAFALGAR' executed on a black enamel background. The hoop of the ring is inscribed 'PALMAM QUI MERUIT FERAT', which is the Latin motto of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The inside of the bezel is also inscribed with the words 'lost to his country 21 Octr 1805 Aged 47'.
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Object Details
| ID: | JEW0166 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Mourning ring |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | John Salter |
| Places: | Cape Trafalgar |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
| Date made: | 1805 |
| Exhibition: | Royal River: Power, Pageantry and the Thames |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Nelson-Ward Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 14 mm x 20 mm x 21 mm; Diameter: 20 mm |