A probable privateer glass c.1750-60
A probable privateer glass c.1750-60, the drawn trumpet bowl engraved with a ship and the inscription 'Ye London Rob Yong of Pool', raised on a plain stem enclosing a large tear above a folded conical foot, 16.8cm.
A Robert Young is recorded as having been granted letters of marque in 1756 for a ship called Somerset, and again in 1757 for a ship called St Kitts Planter.
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A probable privateer glass c.1750-60, the drawn trumpet bowl engraved with a ship and the inscription 'Ye London Rob Yong of Pool', raised on a plain stem enclosing a large tear above a folded conical foot, 16.8cm.
A Robert Young is recorded as having been granted letters of marque in 1756 for a ship called Somerset, and again in 1757 for a ship called St Kitts Planter.
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