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Rum bottle
A clear glass, straight sided bottle, containing dark rum, corked and sealed. A label is pasted diagonally across the bottle: 'Splice the mainbrace issued to every officer and man of the fleet at Spithead on Jubilee day 1897.' Issued to Capt. Sydney Hardcastle CB RN, as a junior officer in HMS 'Prince George', when the main brace was spliced to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, 1897.
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Object Details
| ID: | GGG0472 |
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| Type: | Rum bottle |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Prince George (1895) |
| Date made: | 1897 |
| People: | Hardcastle, Sydney; Queen Victoria |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 114 x 40 mm |