Boatswain's call
An unmarked silver or silver plated boatswain's call. It has a barrel shaped buoy that has a crown and anhcor embossed on both sides. There is a decoration on the keel.
Object Details
| ID: | PLT0440 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Boatswain's call |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798; American War of Independence, 1775-1783 French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Glorious First of June, 1794 |
| Vessels: | Royal Sovereign (1786) |
| Date made: | ca.1779-1782 ?; 1 Jun 1794 ? 11 Aug 1798 ? |
| People: | Prescott; Prescott, Williamd |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 25 mm x 120 mm x 25 mm |
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