RARE 1849 NEW YORK NAUTICAL PRESENTATION TRUMPET 

RARE 1849 NEW YORK NAUTICAL PRESENTATION TRUMPET

Presented to Capt. Charles H.E. Judkins, by his grateful friend, Eustace Barron, New York, August, 1849.
Unmarked
Brass rim mouthpiece
21” x 7.5”

An unusual nautical presentation trumpet with a nicely engraved steam ship on the reverse. Judkins was the Commodore of the Cunard Fleet of steamships and captained the first steamship across the Atlantic. Eustace Barron was a wealthy investor who was the partner of William Forbes and bought Santa Cruz island.