SEA SALVAGED PIRATE BLACK GLASS MALLET RUM BOTTLE ARTIFACT ST. THOMAS V I HARBOR

Description

c. 1800s BLACK GLASS MALLET STYLE RUM FREE BLOWN 10" BOTTLE SEA SALVAGED ARTIFACT
SALVAGED AROUND THE HARBOR AT PORT CHARLOTTE AMALIE, USVI.
RECOVERED BY THE NOTED TREASURE SALVOR CHARLIE PEET OF ST. THOMAS. THIS LARGE FREE BLOWN BOTTLE IS DEEP, DARK OLIVE AMBER IN COLOR.
DIMENSIONS:
10" HEIGHT
3.5" BASE WIDTH
WEIGHT: 666.9 GRAMS
COMES WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY (CP #0520)
FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS PIRATES & PRIVATEERS USED THE ISLAND OF ST. THOMAS AS A SAFE HAVEN. BY THE LATE 17
th
CENTURY ST. THOMAS HAD BECOME RENOWNED AS A PIRATE SANCTUARY, WHERE CORRUPT DANISH COLONIAL GOVERNORS BOUGHT PLUNDERED GOODS WHILE OFFERING THEM SAFE HARBOR.
IN 1683, A BRITISH WARSHIP ENGAGED A FRENCH PIRATE SHIP,
LA TROMPEUSE
, WHICH WAS UNDER THE COLONIAL GOVERNOR’S PROTECTION. THE BRITISH BURNED THE SHIP WITH A TREASURE ROOM FULL OF SILVER.
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.
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