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Rummer

A large rummer with an ovoid bowl, a plain stem with a collar and a domed foot with a pontil mark. It is wheel and diamond engraved with a depiction of Nelson's funeral car inscribed: 'TRAFALAR', 'NILE'. The other side of the bowl, within a wreath: 'IN MEMORY OF LORD NELSON JANY 9TH 1806' (the date of his funeral).

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Object Details

ID:	GGG0036
Type:	Rummer
Display location:	Not on display
Events:	Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805; French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Date made:	circa 1806
People:	Nelson, Horatio
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements:	Overall: 240 x 170 mm