Shem Creek Outpost · Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
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The creek, on the rocks.
The Shrimp Boat Glass
SCO Provisions · Glass № 003
A clear rocks glass with a shrimp trawler sand-carved into the side, frosted white against your bourbon. We did not pick the boat because it looks good on glassware. We picked it because it is the thing the creek is actually about.
$16
The Story
The Boat That Built The Creek
Shem Creek has been a shrimping creek since 1930, when Captain William Magwood ran the first ocean shrimp into Mount Pleasant. At its peak the docks held dozens of trawlers, outriggers up, three to a dock up and down the water. Today only a handful are left — the rest squeezed out by cheap imported shrimp and a waterfront worth more empty. So the boat etched on this glass is not decoration. It is a working tradition that is still, barely, working.
The Particulars
Glass & particulars
- Vessel
- Clear rocks glass — straight-walled, heavy base
- Etching
- Sand-carved trawler in matte frosted white
- Finish
- Velvety to the touch, resistant to wear and fading
- Scene
- A Shem Creek shrimp boat, outriggers folded at the dock
- Holds
- Two fingers and an honest amount of ice
- Made for
- Bourbon, golden hour, and a long look at the water
Why it’s like that
White On Clear, On Purpose
Sand-carving cuts the design straight into the surface of the glass — an abrasive stream lifts the top layer away and leaves the boat behind in solid, frosted white. No ink to scrub off, no print to peel. It is a finish built to outlast the drink. We like that the trawler reads the way a sun-bleached hull reads against open sky: clean, matte, and slightly worn before you ever pour anything into it.
The method
Sand-carved
Abrasive cuts the image in. Frosted, not painted.
The fleet
Once dozens
Now a handful. The boat outlasts the boom.
The wear
Built to last
Matte white that resists fading. Drink and repeat.