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Lot Essay
The arms are those of Pellew, for Edward, 1st Viscount Exmouth, accolé with the same arms impaling those of Frowde, for his wife, Susan, daughter of James Frowde of Knowle, Wiltshire.
In 1814 Admiral Pellew was elevated to the peerage and "received a handsome compliment from the officers of the Mediterranean fleet. It is a beautiful model of the Warwick vase, executed by Messrs. Rundel & Bridge, at a cost of 580 guineas, and bears the following inscription:- 'Presented to the Right Honourable Admiral Lord Exmouth, &c, &c, &c, as a mark of their respect and esteem, by the officers who served under his Lordship's command in the Mediterranean." (Edward Osler, The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth, 1854, p. 188)
Viscount Exmouth joined the navy at the age of thirteen, and served his country in the American War of Independence and the Napoleonic Wars. He was made Commander-in-Chief of British naval forces in the Mediterranean in 1811, a position in which he was responsible for defending British commerce in the region from Napoleon's southern empire. Osler recalls his ascent in the navy with reverence, "the success which he achieved by merit alone is most encouraging to all who must rise by their own deserts." (p. v.)
In 1814 Admiral Pellew was elevated to the peerage and "received a handsome compliment from the officers of the Mediterranean fleet. It is a beautiful model of the Warwick vase, executed by Messrs. Rundel & Bridge, at a cost of 580 guineas, and bears the following inscription:- 'Presented to the Right Honourable Admiral Lord Exmouth, &c, &c, &c, as a mark of their respect and esteem, by the officers who served under his Lordship's command in the Mediterranean." (Edward Osler, The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth, 1854, p. 188)
Viscount Exmouth joined the navy at the age of thirteen, and served his country in the American War of Independence and the Napoleonic Wars. He was made Commander-in-Chief of British naval forces in the Mediterranean in 1811, a position in which he was responsible for defending British commerce in the region from Napoleon's southern empire. Osler recalls his ascent in the navy with reverence, "the success which he achieved by merit alone is most encouraging to all who must rise by their own deserts." (p. v.)