Wine glass

A wine glass with an ogee bowl and a very long,opaque, white twist stem (two tapes of ten threads, enclosed by two plain bands). It has a domed and folded foot with a pontil mark. The glass is wheel-engraved with three warships on an engraved sea with a rope twist border below. The glass is inscribed around the rim: 'SUCCESS TO THE FLEET.'

Object Details

ID: GGG0143
Type: Wine glass
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 20th century
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Jacobs Collection
Measurements: Overall: 220 x 81 mm