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A Gibraltar rummer, English…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
12-Nov-2024
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Description:
A Gibraltar rummer, English circa 1804, round funnel bowl, capstan stem, and a square with star cutting beneath foot, engraved with British Fleet at Gibraltar, three ships at anchor and text: 'Capture of Gibralter [sic] by the British Fleet 1704'. Height 140 mm, Foot/Stem/Bowl 67/20/98 mm. Commemorative for the Centenary. Since the beginning of the War of the Spanish Succession, the Alliance had been looking for a harbour in the Iberian Peninsula to control the Strait of Gibraltar and facilitate naval operations against the French fleet in the western Mediterranean Sea. Many had considered Gibraltar as ideal in times gone by. its capture in 1704 was an important gain. Reference: Arthur Churchill, coronation exhibition, 1937, plate 4/11, page 4.
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Category:
Unclassified