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Decanter stand
Decanter stand shaped as the 'Elephant's' jollyboat, in commemoration of the Battle of Copenhagen, 1901.
Silver-mounted papier maché, double decanter stand in the shape of a boat with two silver-mounted circular divisions for wine bottles or decanters. Made of red papier maché with silver rims and a flat black base, a silver strip inscribed with ships' names along each side of the boat with a small silver plaque bearing the monogram 'JF'. There is an inscribed oval silver plaque on the stern and another smaller maker's plaque inside the stern.
The silver strips are inscribed: 'EDGAR ARDENT GLATTON ISIS BELLONA AGAMEMNON FRIGATES &c / &c Bombs POLYPHEMUS RUSSEL DEFIANCE MONARCH GANGES ELEPHANT, ld Nelson'.
The plaque on the outside of the stern is inscribed: 'ELEPHANT'S JOLLY BOAT, A BUMPER TO Ld NELSON who Bravely went on Shore to Save COPENHAGEN 2nd April 1801’. The small plaque inside the stern is inscribed 'Richd Thomas, GOLDSMITH, No 3 Strand'.
A similar decanter stand representing the 'Edgar's' jolly boat was made for Captain George Murray, and is mounted on a wheeled carriage. Another jolly boat made completely in silver, by John Emes, 1799, is in the Nelson collection at Lloyd's.
Silver-mounted papier maché, double decanter stand in the shape of a boat with two silver-mounted circular divisions for wine bottles or decanters. Made of red papier maché with silver rims and a flat black base, a silver strip inscribed with ships' names along each side of the boat with a small silver plaque bearing the monogram 'JF'. There is an inscribed oval silver plaque on the stern and another smaller maker's plaque inside the stern.
The silver strips are inscribed: 'EDGAR ARDENT GLATTON ISIS BELLONA AGAMEMNON FRIGATES &c / &c Bombs POLYPHEMUS RUSSEL DEFIANCE MONARCH GANGES ELEPHANT, ld Nelson'.
The plaque on the outside of the stern is inscribed: 'ELEPHANT'S JOLLY BOAT, A BUMPER TO Ld NELSON who Bravely went on Shore to Save COPENHAGEN 2nd April 1801’. The small plaque inside the stern is inscribed 'Richd Thomas, GOLDSMITH, No 3 Strand'.
A similar decanter stand representing the 'Edgar's' jolly boat was made for Captain George Murray, and is mounted on a wheeled carriage. Another jolly boat made completely in silver, by John Emes, 1799, is in the Nelson collection at Lloyd's.
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Object Details
| ID: | PLT0209 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Decanter stand |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | D, G; D., G. Deighton, George Thomas, Richard |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801 |
| Vessels: | Elephant (1786) |
| Date made: | 1801; 1801-02 1801-1802 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Greenwich Hospital Collection |
| Measurements: | 80 x 340 x 175 mm |
| Parts: | Decanter stand |