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.
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Object Details
ID: | PLT0407 |
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Collection: | Decorative art |
Type: | Boatswain's call |
Display location: | Display - Sea Things Gallery |
Creator: | Hilliard & Thomason |
Date made: | 1873-1874; 1873-4 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, R Lionel Foster Collection |