A SILVER SEA-GOING HOT WATER POT FROM THE SERVICE OF ADMIRAL SIR ROBERT TRISTRAM RICKETTS BT

each side engraved with his coat-of-arms surmounted with a naval crown, gadroon border and wooden handle, with London hallmarks for 1820/21 -- 8¼in. (21.5cm.); 518g

Robert Tristram Ricketts (1772-1842) was made a post-captain Oct. 9, 1801, and subsequently commanded the First Rates Ville de Paris, San Josef, and Hibernia, bearing the flags of the Hon. Admiral Cornwallis, Sir Charles Cotton, and Earl St. Vincent. In 1813 he was appointed to the Vengeur (74); and at the close of the following year was conveying Major-General Lambert, and a reinforcement of troops to the army before New Orleans. In February 1815, he commanded the detachment of seamen landed at Mobile to assist in the reduction of Fort Boyer; and Sir Alexander Cochrane, in his official letter on that subject, acknowledges himself indebted to Captain Ricketts for his zeal and exertions in landing and transporting the cannon and supplies, by which the fort was so speedily reduced.

Condition Report

Fine condition overall, lid fits tightly, hallmarks and armorials a little worn.

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