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.

Object Details

ID: PLT0407
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