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198. ENGLISH SHAFT & GLOBE BOTTLE. 7ins tall. A quite magnificent c. 1675-1685 shaft & globe black glass form, base pontil. Heavily patinated characterful body encompassing many different colours - from black through to gold. The highly attractive surface appears completely stable. Various David Walker Barker base stickers, one revealing this example was recovered from the River Dee,
W1387
Nr Chester. 8/10. NR. £800-1,200+
This
group shot provides scale of the free blowns and the large sealed bottle.
