English and European Ceramics and Glass - 7th May 2014
Lot 84
An early English sealed wine bottle c.1660-70
Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £6500
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Description
An early English sealed wine bottle c.1660-70, of shaft and globe type, applied with a circular seal containing a shield of three fleur de lys, with a shallow kick-in base and string rim, 21cm.
Provenance: believed to have been excavated in either the Warminster or Devizes area of Wiltshire, c.1960, and thence by descent.