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Description: | Silver tray with handles, with gadrooned edges, decorated with scallop shells and foliage. Engraved in the centre is the inscription: 'PRESENTED /To Lieutenant George James Evelyn / of the Royal Navy / BY THE MERCHANTS AND SHIP OWNERS OF BARBADOS / in testimony of their high sense of his services / WHILE IN COMMAND OF HIS MAJESTY'S BRIGS ECLAIR & SWAGGER / and particularly in cruizing to the windward of that Island for the / protection / OF THE TRADE DURING THE LATE WAR, / March 1816'. Above are the Evelyn family arms: per fesse or and azure, in base a griffon passant or, which is also the crest.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Eclair SWAGGERER (ex-NAPOLEON) George James George James Evelyn | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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