Silver presentation tray
A silver tray with handles, with gadrooned edges, decorated with scallop shells and foliage. Engraved in the centre is the inscription: 'PRESENTED /To Lieutenant George James Evelyn / of the Royal Navy / BY THE MERCHANTS AND SHIP OWNERS OF BARBADOS / in testimony of their high sense of his services / WHILE IN COMMAND OF HIS MAJESTY'S BRIGS ECLAIR & SWAGGER / and particularly in cruizing to the windward of that Island for the / protection / OF THE TRADE DURING THE LATE WAR, / March 1816'. Above are the Evelyn family arms: per fesse or and azure, in base a griffon passant or, which is also the crest.
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Object details
| ID: | ZBA5007 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Tray |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Eames, Rebecca; Barnard, Edward |
| Places: | London |
| Vessels: | Eclair (captured 1801); Swaggerer (Captured 1808) |
| Date made: | 1816 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 70 mm x 635 mm x 403 mm |