Rummer

A giant rummer with a lipped, round funnel bowl. The stem has an eight-lobed knop with an annulated knop below.. The foot is domed and folded upwards. The rummer is wheel-engraved with a ship of the line inscribed: 'DRAGON' and a bust portrait facing three-quarters to viewer's left inscribed: 'CAPTN EDWARD GRIFFITHS.' The item may have been engraved during the 20th century.

Object Details

ID: GGG0124
Type: Rummer
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Dragon (1798)
Date made: Late 19th century
People: Colpoys, Edward Griffiths
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Jacobs Collection
Measurements: Overall: 305 x 253 mm