Museum Collections

Lacquered metal tray; flat, rectangular base with raised sides, and two ovoid handles cut into the ends of the rim; central image shows a painted scene from the sea battle between the U.S. frigate "Chesapeake" and the British vessel, H.M.S. "Shannon" during the War of 1812, depicting the boarding of the "Chesapeake" and defeat of her men by the crew of the "Shannon" off the coast of Boston, Massachusetts on June 1, 1813; the rim is black. The reverse shows an inscription stenciled in gold: "THE ACTION BETWEEN / THE AMERICAN SHIP "CHESAPEAKE" / AND H.M.S. "SHANNON" ~ / BOSTON HARBOUR 1st JUNE 1813".