Rummer

Rummer with a ovoid bowl, a spreading stem with a collar and a bevelled, square solid foot. The base is cut in radial grooves. The bowl is wheel-engraved with two warships, one disappearing over the horizon, six boats and a shoreline possibly representing Gibraltar. The scene is enclosed in a frame with flowers below. On the other side: 'CAPTURE OF GIBRALTAR BY THE BRITISH FLEET 1704.'

Object Details

ID: GGG0280
Type: Rummer
Display location: Not on display
Events: War of the Spanish Succession: Siege of Gibraltar, 1704
Date made: 20th century
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Jacobs Collection
Measurements: Overall: 117 x 89 mm