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'.

Object Details

ID: PLT0100
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