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English black glass wine bottle with original wine still inside.

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Maritime Start Price:80.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
English black glass wine bottle with original wine still inside.
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English black glass wine bottle with original wine still inside. 1115 grams, 10" tall and 4" in diameter. A straight-sided bottle with 1" pontil and 3" neck, very dark brown in color with light encrustation here and there (much of it in the pontil), the cork sealed with wax to keep the liquid contents intact, rare thus. The Britannia was outbound to India when she hit an uncharted reef and sank on October 22, 1826, in a part of St. Helena Bay off South Africa. The site was found and salvaged in 1997-1998, its artifacts remarkably well preserved by sand burial. Recovered from: Britannia, sunk in 1826 off South Africa