Lot Essay
H.M.S. Firebrand was one of Sir Cloudesley Shovell's fleet of twenty-one vessels wrecked off the Scillies in 1707, she was under the command of Captain W. Piercey
Details
An early 18th-Century onion bottle from the wreck of H.M.S. Firebrand (1707)
the glass bottle now with worn pattination -- 6in. (15cm.) high
See illustration
the glass bottle now with worn pattination -- 6in. (15cm.) high
See illustration