Boatswain's call

A silver boatswain's call. There are three rings placed at intervals down the gun. The keel is engraved with a foliage design and terminates in a scroll end with a ring for attachment to a lanyard. The buoy has an anchor with a crown above it, embossed on the buoy. Inscribed on the keel are the words 'T. FORD'.

Object Details

ID: PLT0403
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Boatswain's call
Display location: Display - Sea Things Gallery
Creator: Hilliard & Thomason
Date made: 1850 -1867; 1856 ?
People: Ford, T
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, R Lionel Foster Collection