C. 1850s BLACK GLASS MALLET STYLE RUM PONTIL 9.5 BOTTLE SEA SALVAGED ARTIFACT

  
1850s BLACK GLASS MALLET STYLE RUM PONTIL 9.5 BOTTLE SEA SALVAGED ARTIFACT SALVAGED AROUND THE HARBOR AT PORT CHARLOTTE AMALIE, USVI. RECOVERED BY THE NOTED TREASURE SALVOR CHARLIE PEET OF ST. THIS LARGE FREE BLOWN BOTTLE IS DEEP, DARK OLIVE IN COLOR.

ALSO ENCRUSTED WITH REMNANTS FROM ITS LONG STAY ON THE OCEAN FLOOR. DIMENSIONS: 9.5" HEIGHT 3.75" BASE WIDTH. WEIGHT: 706.6 GRAMS COMES WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY (CP #0526). FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS PIRATES & PRIVATEERS USED THE ISLAND OF ST. THOMAS AS A SAFE HAVEN.

THOMAS HAD BECOME RENOWNED AS A PIRATE SANCTUARY, WHERE CORRUPT DANISH COLONIAL GOVERNORS BOUGHT PLUNDERED GOODS WHILE OFFERING THEM SAFE HARBOR. IN 1696, MANY FAMOUS AND NOTORIOUS PIRATES & PRIVATEERS LIVED OR OPERATED AROUND ST. THOMAS, INCLUDING SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, CAPTAIN KIDD, AND THE INFAMOUS BLACKBEARD EDWARD TEACH. THROUGHOUT THE AGE OF PIRACY, VESSELS TAKEN AS SPOILS WERE BROUGHT BACK TO THE HARBOR TO BE PLUNDERED & SCUTTLED. OVER THE CENTURIES, MANY HUNDREDS OF VESSELS HAVE BEEN SUNK BY BUCCANEERS, AROUND THE HARBOR AND SURROUNDING WATERS STILL WAITING TO YIELD THEIR TREASURES TO THIS DAY.

NOTED TREASURE SALVOR, CHARLIE PEET, SPENT OVER A DECADE DIVING THE WATERS DISCOVERING COINS AND ARTIFACTS. PLEASE BE PATIENT AS THIS IS A HARD TIME FOR EVERYONE AND PACKAGES ARE GETTING DELIVERED, JUST NOT IN THE NORMAL TIMEFRAME. We cannot declare any package as a "gift", sampleetc. 1850s BLACK GLASS MALLET STYLE RUM PONTIL 9.5 BOTTLE SEA SALVAGED ARTIFACT" is in sale since Friday, August 27, 2021. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Bottles & Insulators\Bottles\Antique (Pre-1900)\Liquor".

The seller is "rarecoincollector" and is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This item can be shipped worldwide.