Wine glass

Wine glass with an ogee bowl and very long white opaque twist stem (two tapes of ten threads enclosed by two plain bands). It has a domed and folded foot with a pontil mark. The bowl is wheel-engraved with a port side view of a warship inscribed: 'SUCCESS TO THE TIGRE' and a bust portrait of a naval officer inscribed below: 'ADML. SIR SIDNEY SMITH.'

Object Details

ID: GGG0140
Type: Wine glass
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Tigre fl.1795
Date made: 20th century
People: Smith, William Sidney
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Jacobs Collection
Measurements: Overall: 220 x 74 mm