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c. 1757

Wineglass

Artist/maker unknown

The Defiance was a British privateer ship, which, acting as a private man-of-war, sailed the seas during the Seven Years War (1756-63). Like many of the privateer ships of the time, it's adventures were commemorated on drinking glasses.

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Artist/maker unknown, Wineglass, c. 1757 | Philadelphia Museum of Art