Silver sauce tureen with lid presented to Lord Nelson
Sauce tureen with cover of oval urn shape, being part of the service presented to Nelson after the Battle of Copenhagen. One side is engraved with Nelson's coat of arms as Viscount. with usual mottos. The cover has the chelengk crest on one side with a naval crown and Viscount’s coronet, on the other side the 'San Josef' crest, wrongly inscribed 'VANGUARD' and the motto 'FAITH AND WORKS'.
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Object Details
ID: | PLT0100 |
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Collection: | Decorative art |
Type: | Sauce tureen with lid |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Pontifex, Daniel |
Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801 |
Date made: | 1801 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 155 mm x 230 mm x 105 mm |
Parts: | Silver sauce tureen with lid presented to Lord Nelson |