Handle plate

Oval handle plate commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). Mounted on a rectangular wooden plaque. Embossed with a key pattern border, in the centre, a monument bearing a foul anchor with naval trophies behind, inscribed 'SACRED TO NELSON', 'TRAFALGAR'.

Object Details

ID: OBJ0716
Type: Handle plate
Display location: Not on display
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Date made: circa 1806
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 25 x 255 x 115 mm