Wine glass

Wine glass, the bowl is a shallow bucket shape, it has a long white opaque twist stem (two bands of twelve threads enclosing two spiral threads in the centre). There are black flakes in the stem and a pontil mark under the base. It is wheel-engraved with a bust portrait facing three-quarters left and a warship. Inscribed: 'H.M.S. LARK', 'CAPT. WALTER MANDERS'.

Object Details

ID: GGG0072
Type: Wine glass
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Lark (exact vessel unknown)
Date made: 20th century
People: Manders, Walter
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Jacobs Collection
Measurements: Overall: 151 x 89 mm