Nelson sugar nips

A pair of Nelson sugar nips. It consists of shell shaped bowls and scrollwork stems. There is a circular hinge with cutters beneath.
The hinge is engraved with the viscount coronett as well as the San Josef and Chelynk crest. The crest are rather worn.

Object Details

ID: PLT0742
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Sugar nips
Display location: Not on display
Creator: G, I.
Date made: ca.1740
People: Nelson, Horatio; Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 15 mm x 110 mm x 50 mm