English and European Ceramics and Glass - 2nd May 2018
Lot 85
An English wine bottle c.1720
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £420
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Description
An English wine bottle c.1720, of small mallet form, with tapering neck, string rim and kick-in base, 16.2cm.
Provenance: disinterred in Eastcott, near Devizes in 2013. The bottle is sealed with a cork and the contents suggest it was deliberately buried and used as a witches bottle to guard against evil spirits.