English and European Ceramics and Glass - 2nd May 2018
Lot 84
A small sealed wine bottle early 18th century
Estimate £1,200 - £1,500 | Hammer £1400
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Description
A small sealed wine bottle early 18th century, of transitional onion mallet shape with kick-in base, rising to a short tapering neck with string rim, applied with a circular seal bearing the initials 'P/HA', 17cm.
Cf. David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles 1640-1900, Vol. II, p.91 for a slightly earlier seal with the same initials also enclosing a star and garter and found in Wiltshire.