Two engraved port glasses and a liqueur glass, circa 1805

each bowl engraved with the initial N above flutes and an octagonal stem and conical foot

Vice-Admiral Horatio, Viscount Nelson K.B
Thence by descent to the present owner, see previous lot for detailed family history.

liqueur glass: with hole (c. 4x6 mm) at 5 o'clock, and a hald-crescent crack running from hole upwards. port glasses : one with few air bubbles to the underside of foot; the other with a small scratch (c. 4mm) at 3 o'clock, and a half-crescent air-bubble to the underside of the foot, otherwise in good condition.
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For a discussion of Lord Nelson's glass see Rina Prentice, The Authentic Nelson, p.150. Further examples were sold Sotheby's, London, Trafalgar, Nelson and the Napoleonic Wars, 5 October 2005, lots 33- 38.