Wine glass

Wine glass with an ogee bowl and a long opaque, white twist stem (two bands of ten threads enclosing two threads). It has a domed and folded foot with flaws in the glass and a pontil mark. The glass is wheel-engraved with a portrait bust of a naval officer facing three-quarter left and a port side view of a warship, inscribed: 'SUCCESS . TO ' THE SEAHORSE', Below the portrait: 'Capt. Sir James Gordon.'

Object Details

ID: GGG0139
Type: Wine glass
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Seahorse (1794)
Date made: 20th century
People: Gordon, James Alexander
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Jacobs Collection
Measurements: Overall: 220 x 72 mm