A NAVAL COMMEMORATIVE TUMBLER, the flared sides engraved with four anchors and inscribed HOWE/IST. JUNE 1794, ST. VINCENT/14TH. FEBRUARY 1797, DUNCAN/11TH. OCTOBER 1797 and NELSON/1ST. AUGUST 1798 on ribbon swags pendant from bows beneath a band of star and oval ornament, the lower part cut with flutes, circa 1800
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A NAVAL COMMEMORATIVE TUMBLER, the flared sides engraved with four anchors and inscribed HOWE/IST. JUNE 1794, ST. VINCENT/14TH. FEBRUARY 1797, DUNCAN/11TH. OCTOBER 1797 and NELSON/1ST. AUGUST 1798 on ribbon swags pendant from bows beneath a band of star and oval ornament, the lower part cut with flutes, circa 1800
12.5cm. high
Lot Essay
Cf. the example sold in these Rooms on 23 May 1989, lot 103