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.'
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Object Details
ID: | GGG0140 |
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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 |