A Prattware Spirit Flask

Decorated on each side with a figure of Lord Rodney in relief

L18thC

Height: 5 1/4″ (13.3 cm)

Condition: Perfect, some light staining

George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney was a British naval officer who successfully relieved Gibraltar

at the Battle of St. Vincent in 1780, defeating the Spanish fleet.

Also defeating the French at the Battle of Saintes in 1782 during the American War of Independence.