Wine bottle

Green glass, straight sided wine bottle, recovered from York River, Virginia, USA. Believed to have come from a British vessel present at the siege of Yorktown in 1781. With marine growth on the surface. Label: 'Truro 1976'.

Object Details

ID: GGG0006
Type: Wine bottle
Display location: Not on display
Events: American War of Independence: Battle of Yorktown, 1781
Date made: before 1781
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 248 x 84 mm