Page 45 - Sunday 21 March Auction

256. SEALED CYLINDER WINE BOTTLE. 10.5ins tall. Deep olive green/ black glass, rounded shoulders, narrow body with deep basal kick up & sand pontil scar. Applied seal A. KELLY (Arthur Kelly)
258. CASE GIN BOTTLE.
Tooled lip & string rim, c. 1790- 1800. This bottle attributed to Arthur Kelly of Kelly, Devonshire. Inmanufacture outer edge flaw to seal. Small slither to back of lip from de-corking. (8.5/10) NR £80- 120+
11ins tall. Light olive green, very thin walled glass, applied double collar lip, inmanufacture air bubbles in glass, slight nibble to one corner. Classic! (9.5/10) NR £40-60+
257. FLARED LIP FREEBLOWN GIN.
6ins tall. Dark olive green glass, rectangular body with chamfered corners. A distinctive rolled lip which is wider than the actual bottle itself. Wonderful crude body striations & remnants of sea urchins. Smoothed base pontil. Overall dull but exudes character - an exceptionally rare form.(hard to condition
mark - no actual damages so 9/10 despite the overall dullness?) NR £250-300+
259. CASE GIN BOTTLE.
9.25ins tall. Black/ dark amber glass, pig snout lip with a very minor chip, smooth pontilled base. Lots of character. (9.5/10) NR £20-30+
260. SEALED AVH CASE GIN BOTTLE. 11.25ins tall, crude pig snout type lip. Black to deep
amber glass, rounded shoulders.
Applied seal bears initials AVH
on one corner, AVAN HOBOKEN & CO/ ROTTERDAM proudly embossed to two sides.
Letter L embossed to base.
Seed bubbles and just so much character.. A very fine example of its type. (10/10) NR £30-40+