Boatswain's call
A silver boatswain's call. Three docorative metal rope rings surround the gun of the call. Underneath the gun is the keel which is decorated with 3 crosses and two straight lines, which all the appearance of rope. There is a small floral emblem inside a circle that is embossed on the side of the buoy. A metal ring is attached to the keel.
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Object Details
ID: | PLT0400 |
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Collection: | Decorative art |
Type: | Boatswain's call |
Display location: | Display - Sea Things Gallery |
Creator: | Bateman, Ann; Bateman, Peter Bateman, William |
Date made: | 1799-1800 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, R Lionel Foster Collection |