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拍品专文
The 'Constantine', owned by Isaac Elton, was declared on 7th October 1756 by Captain John Lee and again on the 15th August 1757 by Captain Robert Forsyth. It had a tonnage of 200 tons and eighteen guns. An interesting account of this 'Privateer' is found in Felix Farley's Bristol Journal of 17th January 1761 where it was noted that "'Constantine' aquitted itself with notability against long odds". See also Damer Powell, Bristol Privateers and Ships of War, p. 197.
This hitherto unrecorded 'Privateer' glass was purchased by the vendor's father in 1919 from a dealer in Falmouth called Maggs, whose shop with its early 19th century bow window can still be seen there to-day. Maggs informed the purchaser that he had very recently bought it from a woman who lived in Constantine, a large village about eight miles from Falmouth, and that it had been in her family for many years. To date the identity of Robert Mills has not be discovered.
Cf. the 'Privateer' glass of similar construction sold in these Rooms on 18 May 1999, lot 312.
This hitherto unrecorded 'Privateer' glass was purchased by the vendor's father in 1919 from a dealer in Falmouth called Maggs, whose shop with its early 19th century bow window can still be seen there to-day. Maggs informed the purchaser that he had very recently bought it from a woman who lived in Constantine, a large village about eight miles from Falmouth, and that it had been in her family for many years. To date the identity of Robert Mills has not be discovered.
Cf. the 'Privateer' glass of similar construction sold in these Rooms on 18 May 1999, lot 312.