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Description: | Bogus Nelson coffee pot said to have been owned by Lord Nelson.
Pear-shaped silver coffee pot on a raised circular foot, with a scroll handle, curved spout and a hinged dome lid with a flower and leaf finial; decorated overall with repouss� flowers and scrolls. On one side a shell cartouche is engraved with the bogus arms of Nelson without supporters, but with the motto 'PALMAM QUI MERUIT FERAT' and chelengk and 'SAN JOSEF' crests. On the other side a similar cartouche engraved 'with a viscount's coronet and N & B from P 1799' (19 years before the coffee pot was hallmarked).
It is part of the collection of 'Nelson relics' formed by John.Corbett MP for Droitwich (d.1901) and presented by his brother Dr Thomas Corbett to the Nation.
Inscription.
caption: Coffee pot | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | coffee pots Nelson Vice-Admiral Horatio | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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