Pair of ice pails (see also PLT0096). Part of the silver service presented to Nelson by the Corporation of Lloyds after the Battle of Copenhagen, 1801. A long presentation inscription on one side reads: 'Presented by the Committee appointed to manage the Subscription raised for the benefit of the Wounded and the Relatives of those who were killed in the glorious victory obtained off Copenhagen on the 2 of April 1801, to Vice Admiral Lord Nelson KB Duke of Bronte etc etc etc in testimony of the high sense entertained of his meritorious and unprecedented exertions in defence of his Country, which at the peril and danger of his life, he so nobly sustained previous to the engagement, and as a token of his brilliant and gallant Conduct during the whole of that ever memorable Action. Lloyds Coffee House. John Julius Angerstein, Chairman.'
On the other side is Nelson's coat of arms as a Viscount, and on the collar the chelengk and San Josef crests. The rims are gadrooned, the lower part of the body fluted, and there are lions mask and ring handles. A separate collar fits into the top. Inside is a separate cylindrical container.