Wine glass

Wine glass, with a bucket bowl and an opaque white twist stem with a twisted cable core in the midst of four spiral threads. The item has a plain conical foot. It is wheel-engraved with a ship of the line inscribed: 'Success to the Eagle Frigate'. The 'Eagle' was a Privateer, 5th rate.

Object Details

ID: GGG0178
Type: Wine glass
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Eagle Frigate 1756
Date made: circa 1760
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Jacobs Collection
Measurements: Overall: 165 x 35 mm