RARE GEORGE III HORN BEAKER COMMEMORATING THE BATTLE OF THE NILE BY NATHANIEL SPILMAN OF YARMOUTH, DATED 1814

titled LORD NELSONS GLORIOUS VICTORY AT THE NILE AUG^t 1^st 1798, engraved in full, heightened in ink, and titled with each of the British and French ships at the action, signed N.SPILMAN SCULPT YARM and further inscribed with owners names: T & R PARROTT 1814 -- 4½ x 3¼in. (11.5 x 8cm.)

A similar beaker by Nathaniel Spilman depicting the Battle of Trafalgar is in the collection of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, no. OBJ0435; and another representing the Battle of Camperdown was sold by Woolley & Wallis in their Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks sale, 11 August 2020, lot 472.

Condition Report

Fine overall condition; beaker is now slightly ovoid and has two small (5mm) hairline cracks to rim visible from inside.

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