Portrait of Dewey in laurel wreath, surmounted by eagle, with anchor and two stars beneath and flag of signal corps at left, and representation of the U.S. battleship Olympia with crossed rifles and swords beneath, to either side of the spout; two crossed cannon and the legend, E PLURIBUS UNUM, on a scroll beneath spout; four stacks of cannon balls, two of them topped by cartridge shells, around the base; crossed American and Cuban flags and the legend, IN GOD WE TRUST, on a streamer inside the handle.

The Spanish-American War is best remembered for the swashbuckling exploits of Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders. However, the decisive action was on the water rather than the field. It was the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana harbor that served as America's casus bellum, and it was the American fleet under Dewey that ultimately supplanted Spain's global empire. Dewey was justifiably celebrated for his victory, and his likeness appeared on countless mass-produced objects, ranging from pinbacks to textiles, statuary, ceramics and glass. It could be argued that no American military hero enjoyed such fame, only to see it dry up like so much morning fog. Today, Dewey is remembered only by naval historians and collectors of Americana.

A superb piece of historical American glass in pristine condition (what appear to be flaws are air bubbles, a natural "defect" considered desirable by connoisseurs).