Wine glass

Wine glass with a round funnel bowl, a white opaque twist stem (two bands of six threads enclosing two twisted tapes) and a solid conical foot with a pontil mark. It is wheel-engraved with a warship and the inscription: 'SUCCESS to the EAGLE FRIGATE JOHN KNILL COMMANDER.'

Object Details

ID: GGG0186
Type: Wine glass
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Eagle Frigate 1756
Date made: 20th century
People: Knill, John
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Jacobs Collection
Measurements: Overall: 150 x 55 mm