Silver cup and cover presented to Captain Lawrence Irvine

Cup and cover presented to Captain Lawrence Irvine, 1758.

The cup has a pear-shaped body and scroll handles decorated with acanthus leaves, and stands on a circular foot. The domed lid has a fluted finial and a gadrooned edge.
Engraved within a cartouche on the body, surrounded by scrolls, foliage and a mask: 'To CAPT. LAWRENCE IRVINE, this Cup is presented by the Underwriters, in gratefull [sic] Commemoration of his bravely Beating off a large French Privateer wch boarded his ship the Lyon in Auracabessa Harbour in Jamaica on April 12th 1758'.

Object Details

ID: PLT0074
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Cup and cover
Display location: Display - Atlantic Gallery
Vessels: Lyon fl.1758
Date made: 1766; 1766-1767 1766-67
People: Irvine, Captain Lawrence
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 340 x 300 x 180 mm
Parts: Silver cup and cover presented to Captain Lawrence Irvine
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