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127. BEEHIVE INK BOTTLE. 1.7ins tall, 3ins long. Good deep ish aqua glass, heavily embossed beehive detailing, sheared
lip - re-attached at the bottom. Here are the words from the upcoming new book: Bee Skep figural Teakettle Fountain Ink bottle Regd 1866 (class III, no.199959) by Joseph Teagle & Edwin Martin of the Eclipse Glass Works, Artillery Street, Bermondsey. The reservoir seems at first sight to be composed of staggered brickwork (the bottle has been called an ‘Igloo’),
but the registration specifically calls it a beehive. The alternating lines are imitating woven raffia, which
holds together the straw rings making up this kind of hive. Beehives have symbolism linked to industry
and order. There is a nipple at the apex, and the base has the diamond registration mark embossed.
Found in aqua, smoky pale blue and light green (at least two), all extremely rare: no more than 10 recorded, several damaged. Full listing in the upcoming Guy Burch Inks tome. An affordable rarity given the damage, displays well. 7/10. NR. £150- 200+
space bisected by a diagonal pen rest. Base has Rd No / 676908. A scarce large size bright cobalt blue variant of this uniquely shaped ink. Very crude. NR. £20-30+
129. HYDE LONDON OCTAGONAL INK BOTTLE. 2.2ins. Fabulous strong teal coloured sheared lip ink, two heavily embossed panels Exc/ A1. 9.5/10NR. £20-30+
130. SWIRLY OCTAGONAL INK BOTTLE. 3.2ins tall. Standard sheared lip aqua glass octagonal ink but with delightful amber
swirls. Overall full sheen, crude in manufacture flaws, tiny lip nick but generally just a super looker! 8.8/10. NR. £20-30+
128. POLYGON INK BOTTLE. 1.7ins tall, 2.3 ins base. Square sectioned, neck set into one corner of the flattened shoulders. Around base of neck
POLYGON, remaining
132. GIANT FREE BLOWN BLACK GLASS GIN. 16.7ins tall, approx 5.5ins square base, dark green, near black in places where thickest, glass. Huge,
very sharp broken off tube pontil. Crude tooled lip and string rim. Wonderful thin walled bottle with some wear marks & a hard to detect corner bruise. A truly fabulous large size survivor - a very rare offering.
8.5/10. NR. £250- 300+
133. PEPPER SAUCE TYPE BOTTLE. 10.3ins tall. Clear glass with an aqua tinge where thickest. Extremely heavily adorned all over raised curved lines and square, pointed, protrusions. Characterful glass surface. No base pontil but clearly something quite different to the normal pepper sauce bottles encountered! NR. £30-40+?
131. FIGURAL BIRDCAGE BOTTLE. 3.2ins tall. Detailed aqua glass birdcage shape with feeding sections
to two sides, M embossed to one lower panel. Minute nick to one bottom
edge, overall very good. 8.8/10. NR. £30-40+