RARE VERRE

RARE GLASS
NAVAL COMMEMORATIVE
in colorless glass cut and wheel-engraved.
Circular bowl on leg with faceted knot.
Cut base and leg. Base
single circular foot. On one side is engraved
the dedication "Success to His Majestys
Gun Brig Basilesk" is engraved on one side.
the brigantine ship the Basilik|
the other side is engraved with a medallion
monogrammed SG (for Samuel Gooch,
first commander of the Basilik) under the tortilcrest
of the Gooch family.
Poorly legible signature engraved on the
of the glass: "John Williams (?) - Gunt".
England, early 19th century,
circa 1801.
Height: 14.8 cm - Diameter at foot: 9.1 cm
(tiny chip at foot)

HMS Basilisk was a gun-brig type warship of the
British Royal Navy gun-brig
(Bloodhound-class gun-brig built by
Randall at Rotherhithe and launched in
1801. She served briefly at the end of the French Revolutionary
French Revolutionary Wars, with most of her service during the
during the Napoleonic Wars,
protecting convoys from privateers, carrying out
coastal surveillance and capturing
enemy coastal vessels. It was sold for
demolition in 1815. Our glass is a unique piece
was probably created to mark the
the occasion of Lieutenant Samuel Grooch's
Basilik by Lieutenant Samuel Grooch in April
1801. Samuel Gooch held this position
until 1803.