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Wine glass
A wine glass with a very long white opaque twist stem (two tapes of ten threads, enclosed by two plain bands.) It has a domed and folded foot with a pontil mark. The glass is wheel-engraved with a bust portrait of a naval officer, facing left, enclosed in a beaded border. It is inscribed above: 'CAPT. JOHN TOWER'. On the other side a port side view of a warship, inscribed: 'H.M.S. IRIS'.
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Object Details
| ID: | GGG0142 |
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| Type: | Wine glass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Iris (HMS) |
| Date made: | 20th century |
| People: | Tower, John |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Jacobs Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 222 x 78 mm |