Bowl

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 Fame 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.

Object Details

ID: AAA5044
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Bowl
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Elijah Mayer & Son
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805; French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801
Date made: 1805-1834; 1805-34
People: Nelson, Horatio; Elijah Mayer & Son
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Overall: 125 x 160 x 115 mm
Parts: Bowl