Rummer

Rummer with a bucket bowl, a stem with a bladed knop and a plain conical foot. It is wheel-engraved with a merchant brig being towed by the paddle steamer with the name 'PHOENIX' on the paddle wheel. On the other side, the monogram 'WMH' within a spotted border with an outer wreath of flowers tied with a ribbon, a basket of fruit above. The engraving dates from circa 1830, the glass is earlier.
NB: The earliest paddle steamer named Phoenix was undocked at Chatham in 1832.

Object Details

ID: GGG0192
Type: Rummer
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Phoenix (1832)
Date made: circa 1800
People: W M H
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Jacobs Collection
Measurements: Overall: 140 x 90 mm
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