Engish and European Ceramics and Glass - 25th November 2014
Lot 57
A small mallet bottle c.1735-45
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1300
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Description
A small mallet bottle c.1735-45, the squat cylindrical body of an olive green tone with tapering neck, applied with a seal of a harnessed oxen within an elaborate scrolled border, a chip to the seal and a few small rim chips, 15.5cm.
The previously unrecorded seal on this bottle probably relates to a family rather than a tavern, given the lack of initials for a landlord, but the oxen is a rare symbol in heraldry and the crest has not been identified.