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Wine glass
Wine glass with an ogee bowl and a long opaque, white twist stem (two bands of ten threads enclosing two threads). It has a domed and folded foot with flaws in the glass and a pontil mark. The glass is wheel-engraved with a portrait bust of a naval officer facing three-quarter left and a port side view of a warship, inscribed: 'SUCCESS . TO ' THE SEAHORSE', Below the portrait: 'Capt. Sir James Gordon.'
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Object details
| ID: | GGG0139 |
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| Type: | Wine glass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Seahorse (1794) |
| Date made: | 20th century |
| People: | Gordon, James Alexander |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Jacobs Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 220 x 72 mm |