Rummer

Rummer with a cup-shaped bowl, a wide fluted stem with collar, conical foot; the base of bowl is fluted. It is wheel-engraved with two shields with fouled anchors, suspended by a ribbon, alternated with two medallions, one with a star and the other with the initials 'JH'. The shields and medallions are joined by swags, over which the dates of naval victories are engraved: LD NELSON'S AG 1 1798 / LD HOWE'S JUNE 1794 / LD ST VINCENT'S FEBY 14 1797 / LD DUNCAN'S OCTB 11 1797. GGG0236 is a similar item with different initials.

Object Details

ID: GGG0235
Type: Rummer
Display location: Not on display
Events: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798; French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Glorious First of June, 1794 French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797 French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Camperdown, 1797
Date made: circa 1799-1800
People: Nelson, Horatio; Howe, Richard Jervis, John Duncan, Adam
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Overall: 195 x 135 mm
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