ROYAL NAVY DOCK YARD BERMUDA - Dive Recovered Bell Shaped Ink Bottle w Cork For Sale
When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
ROYAL NAVY DOCK YARD BERMUDA - Dive Recovered Bell Shaped Ink Bottle w Cork:
$28.99
ANEAT BELL SHAPEDINK BOTTLETHAT WAS RECOVERED
BY ONE OF THE DOCK ARMS OF THE ROYAL NAVY DOCK YARD IN BERMUDA AS
A PART OF AN ORGANIZED DIVE - LATE 1970S / EARLY 1980S
This blue /greenglass ink bottle (Just under 2 inches diameter across the bottomx 2 1/2 inches tall), which still has the remains of the cork inside,was recovered by a diver in the late 1970s / early 1980s as a part of an organized dive in the area below the prison hulks that weremoored along the Royal Navy Dock Yard dock arms during the period of the yard\'s construction. A variety of items, including bottles and prisoner carved stones (many of which are now in the museum there), were recovered. The 1990 Bermuda Festival booklet included a story about the dives on this site and the Numistics Association of Australia also published an article about the dive site and the convict carved stones - both were written by some of the divers who were involved. A provenance letter and a sheet with dive information including the map of the dive site that I included in the photos will be included with this item.
Please note that this bottle is in dive recovered condition - there is chipping around the mouth.
Look at my other auctions for other Bermuda dive items. I will combine shipping upon request.
