Live Auction 9441Christie's Interiors - Masters & Makers
AN ENGLISH GLASS SEALED WINE BOTTLE
Lot 62

AN ENGLISH GLASS SEALED WINE BOTTLE

DATED 1698

Closed1 October 2013

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GBP 1,750

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AN ENGLISH GLASS SEALED WINE BOTTLE
DATED 1698
Of squat onion form and olive-green tint, the circular seal moulded with the initials WR below three mullets and above the date 1698, with kick-in base and string rim
5½ in. (14 cm.) high

Specialist note

See R. Dumbrell Understanding Antique Wine Bottles (Woodbridge, 1983), p. 304 for mention of a seal bearing the initials WR with two mullets and the date 1698.