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DEVON & CORNALL DIVED DISCOVERIES. This sale presents the first of a batch of characterful early English glass wine bottles collection, recovered diving over decades off the Devon & Cornwall coasts. Most are very heavy - full of inside sea encrustations/ sediment
460. ENGLISH MALLET WINE BOTTLE. 8.2ins tall. Small lip nick. Black glass, not so heavy
& professionally restored, possibly giving collectors a rare opportunity to aquire early forms at a lower price of mint examples? We have estimated them especially low but in truth bidders should satisfy themselves they know what they are purchasing - marks out of 10 are really irrelevant.
as others - still with irridescence/ swirls, some dull areas - super lean/ neck tilt. Base kick up, pontil. Restored? NR. £120-150+
458. ENGLISH ONION WINE BOTTLE. 5.7ins tall. Couple of lip chips. Dark/ black glass, heavy, internal burial material inside. Another super characterful bottle, irridescent, barnacles etc. Base kick up, pontil. Restored. NR. £200- 300+
462. ENGLISH MALLET WINE BOTTLE. 8.2ins tall. Black glass. Few string rim nibbles, crude shoulder indent, irridescent. Base pontil to kick up. Heavy, restored. NR. £120-150+
457. ENGLISH ONION WINE BOTTLE. 5ins tall. Classic
461. ENGLISH MALLET WINE BOTTLE. 8ins tall. Black glass, dull. Perhaps the most barnacled and characterful surface wise. Base kick up, pontil. Heavy, restored. NR. £120-150+
English onion form. Heavy. Dark black
glass superbly and characterfully
barnacled. Usual base kick up, pontil. Restored. NR. £200-300+
459. ENGLISHJ ONION WINE BOTTLE. 5.7ins tall. Rim chips. Another heavy bottle the glass surface pitted & shiny. Base kick up, pontil. Restored. NR. £200- 300+
463. DUTCH ONION
WINE BOTTLE. 7.1ins tall. Green glass much covered with surface irridescence (flaking). Undamaged lip -= great colour! Base kick up, pontil. NR. £80-120+