£800
A rare sealed 'mallet' wine bottle, c1730-35, of dark green glass, the neck with applied string rim, the seal to the shoulder lettered SP, the underside with deep 'kick up' and sand pontil scar, 19cm h
Provenance: Discovered by the late father of the present vendor on a ledge in cave during redevelopment in Nottingham city centre in the 1970's
The seal is not recorded in Burton, D - Antique Sealed Bottles 2014
The distinctive style of twin-lettered seal and find locations point to a single glass house in the Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire area in the 1720-40 period. At first sight the letters appear to be struck from two matrices, divided and framed by chevrons, in a roughly triangular border. See Burton, opp'site p.1159
Some localised degradation, no chips or cracks
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