vase, vase
Accession Number
NAM.2002-10-8-1
Description
Chinese vase, red glazed ceramic with later silver rim. Rim made by silversmiths Cook and Kelvey, Calcutta. Inscribed ‘1860 LOOTED AT PEKIN AND PRESENTED to the mess of his Regt by [...] Colonel Walker V.C. 1st Battn The Buffs’, taken from the Summer Palace, 2nd China War, 1860. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.
Campaigns
2nd China War (1856-1860)