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Beaker
Horn beaker commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. It has a silver rim and the surface is engraved with the ships of the opposing fleets at Trafalgar, a coastline shown in the distance. Inscribed around the base: 'ADMIRAL LORD NELSON'S ATTACK UPON THE COMBINED FLEET OFF TRAFALGAR OCTR 21ST 1805'. Above: 'CAPE TRAFALGAR', 'SANTISSIMA TRINIDAD', 'VICTORY'. It is signed by the maker 'N. SPILMAN SCULP YARMO'.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0435 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Beaker |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Spilman, Nathaniel |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
| Vessels: | Santissima Trinidad fl.1805 (Spanish navy); Victory (1765) |
| Date made: | 21 September 1811 |
| People: | Ely, R.; Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Lionel Preston Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 118 x 75 mm |