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Wine glass
Wine glass commemorating the Battle of Quiberon Bay. It has an ogee bowl and a very long, white opaque twist stem (two outer threads of twelve enclosing two plain bands). The foot is domed and folded with a pontil mark. The bowl is wheel-engraved with two warships and Britainnia holding an olive branch. Inscribed around the rim: 'SUCCESS TO THE BRITISH FLEET 1759.'
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Object Details
| ID: | GGG0145 |
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| Type: | Wine glass |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Seven Years' War: Battle of Quiberon Bay, 1759 |
| Date made: | 20th century |
| People: | Hawke, Edward |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Jacobs Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 220 x 75 mm |