Silver punch bowl presented to Captain William Fullerton of the 'Earl of Bute.'

Punch bowl of one gallon capacity, with gadrooned rim standing on a raised foot with a fluted border. Engraved on one side with a quarter view of the snow 'Earl of Bute' under sail and wearing an ensign, her name on her stern.

It is inscribed on the other side: 'This Piece of Plate was presented by the private Assurers of London, to Captain William Fullerton as a reward for his good Conduct in preserving the Snow Earl of Bute near Dunkirk the 19th March 1767'.

The 'Earl of Bute', 150 tons, was built at Bath, Maine, probably in 1762, and in her first years was employed by her Glasgow owners in the Virginia trade. She was named after John Stuart, the 3rd Earl of Bute, who was Prime Minister of England 1762-3. 'Lloyd's List' for 24 April 1767 reports: 'Dunkirk, arrived from Clyde, E. of Bute, Fullerton'. She was last recorded in 'Lloyd's Register' in 1776, when she was bound for Rotterdam.