A set of three engraved and faceted full-size and two half-size decanters and stoppers, circa 1805
each of ovoid shouldered form inscribed with the initial N, in two styles, cut with flutes and facets with two neck rings and an everted rim, the ball stopper faceted overall, 27cm; 10 5/8 in. and 23.5cm; 9 1/4 in. high, together with a cylindrical decanter and stopper with applied partially legible paper label, 21.5cm., 8 1/2 in. high, and additional cut glass stopper
Quantity: 13
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Vice-Admiral Horatio, Viscount Nelson K.B.;
Catherine Matcham, his sister;
Thence by descent;
London, Sotheby’s, Trafalgar: Nelson and the Napoleonic Wars, 5 October 2005, lot 33;
Where acquired by the owner.
Formerly on loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 1939-1978.
Rina Prentice, The Authentic Nelson, National Maritime Museum, 2005, p.150, mentioned under the heading 'Decanters and glasses'.