Pouring vessel
Category
Boats, ships and related material
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Steel
Measurements
440 mm (H)235 mm (Length)120 mm (Diameter)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1333566
Summary
Burnished metal pouring vessel in the shape of a ship on a stand. Vessel separates, with decks lifting off hull and prow forming a spout. Ship complete with cannons, two masts in full sail and wire rigging. Four figures on lower deck, three on upper deck and two in the rigging. Engraved crossed anchors, crocodiles and oars on the sails. Stand has winged horses to upright and dolphins to base.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.