Details
A presentation Victorian silver-gilt mirror plateau on scrolled base with fruting vine border with applied central plaque finely engraved with a fleet of gunships engaged in battle and inscribed 'England Expects Everyman To Do His Duty', within corded border and further decorated with entwined oakleaves and acorns, with shaped wood base, by Frederick Elkington for Elkington & Co., Birmingham, 1868, 18½in., diameter, in fitted wood case
Further details
The inscription reads 'From Officers of The Royal Navy Presentees of The Testimonial to Robert Napier Esq in the year 1844', and engraved with various names of Captains, Commanders and Lieutenants