Tumbler

A tumbler in mauve-tinged glass, wheel-engraved with a pattern of swags and cross hatching round the rim. It is also decorated with a bust portrait inscribed above: 'ADMIRAL KEPPEL' ansd surrounded by sprays of flowers. On the other side three captured prizes are shown in tow with three birds flying above. The tumbler has a pontil mark.

Object Details

ID: GGG0158
Type: Tumbler
Display location: Not on display
Date made: circa 1790
People: Keppel, Augustus
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Jacobs Collection
Measurements: Overall: 100 mm x x x 75 mm