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) and a pontil mark under the foot.. Wheel-engraved with a portrait bust facing right and a warship proceeding left to right, inscribed: ' COMR. JOHN WALLIS' and 'H.M.S. AJAX'.

Object Details

ID: GGG0077
Type: Wine glass
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Ajax (1934)
Date made: 20th century
People: Wallis, John
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Jacobs Collection
Measurements: Overall: 152 x 88 mm