Gosport and Devonport for blending and dilution “to Proof”

these beer glasses are mounted in a hallmarked lead-free pewter base and finished with your choice of intricately-detailed pewter emblem

Plinth measures 8x3½"

these cabins were fitted out in beautifully finished mahogany or camphor wood

Measures: height 18

Bowls - the Game that Delayed a Sea Battle GAMES Gosport and Devonport for blendingThat swashbuckling sailor Sir Francis Drake brought bowls into the nautical sphere in 1588 when, upon hearing of the approach of the Spanish Armada, he refused to set sail with the British Fleet until he had finished his game of Bowls on Plymouth Hoe. The truth was that the tide and wind were wrong for them to put to sea, so he had to wait but it makes a great story! (Later, when conditions were right, he defeated the Armada by sailing burning ships