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A rare engraved Privateer opaque-twist wine glass, circa 1760
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A rare engraved Privateer opaque-twist wine glass, circa 1760
Footnotes
Provenance:
The Henry Brown Collection, sold at Sotheby's, 25 February 1947, lot 65
Anon. sale, Christie's, 29 June 1993, lot 101
Literature:
Lloyd (2000), p.94, pl.133(a)
The Eagle, of 250 tons and with 24 guns, owned by Messrs. Camplin and Smith of Bristol and Manslip and Wilkinson of London, was declared on 13 November 1756 by Captain John Knill. She has been described as 'a fine large ship built on purpose for a privateer by a gentleman of this city...'. For a full account of the history of this ship see Damer Powell, Bristol Privateers and Ships of War (1930), p.205.
A very similar example was sold at Sotheby's, 15 September 1992, lot 67
See also the privateer examples sold in these Rooms, 17 December 2008, lot 146 and that on 16 December 2009, lot 98.
