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Description: | Silver creamer from a three-piece service presented to Sir Home Riggs Popham (1762-1820) (ZBA4559 - teapot; ZBA4560 - sugar bowl). It has a handle, gilded interior and gadrooned rim. The side is engraved with the arms of Sir Home Popham with the neck badge of the Order of Malta (Popham was made a knight of the order by Tsar Paul in 1799). The motto: 'ME JUVAT IRE PER ALTUM' (I delight to cross the depths) surrounds the shield.
Popham arms: argent on a chief gules two bucks' heads or.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Home Riggs Popham | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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