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Boatswain's call
A silver boatswain's call with a barrel-shaped buoy with a foul anchor on both sides. The keel is decorated with a foliage design and terminates in a scroll. The gun curves down with three rings palced at intervals along it. There is a ring attached to the keel
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Object Details
| ID: | PLT0415 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Boatswain's call |
| Display location: | Display - Sea Things Gallery |
| Creator: | Lamb, John |
| Vessels: | Victory (1765) |
| Date made: | 1789-1790; 1789-90 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Royal United Service Institution Collection |
| Measurements: | 40 mm x 155 mm x 25 mm |
| Parts: | Boatswain's call |