A sealed onion bottle dated 1708

A sealed onion bottle dated 1708, the pale green glass body with a short tapering neck and kick-in base, applied with a large seal inscribed 'W: de Lisle 1708' in a script hand, a chip to the string rim, 17cm.

The seal on this bottle is previously unrecorded. De Lisle is an ancient family name in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. A William Lisle was born 19 March 1692 at Cowes, Isle of Wight, to Richard and Charity Lisle. A second William Lisle married Mary Binks also at Cowes on 15 May 1694 and may have made a second marriage to Hannah Brown in 1701.