Page 25 - Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th October Auction catalogue

695. ENGLISH ONION WINE BOTTLE. 5.6ins tall. ‘Classic’ squat English onion, black/ dark green glass, short stumpy neck, thin (nibbled) string rim, c. 1690-1700 period? Delightful overall body patination/ irridescence/ lots of character. Exactly as found quite recently! (7/10?) NR £150-200+
698. DEVON SEALED CYLINDER. 10.9ins tall. Dark olive green glass, collared mouth with string rim, c. 1800. As previous lot but with slightly lower body seal. Another characterful period bottle, crude, seed bubbles
throughout,
large bubble and distinctive crease to glass on right. Base kick up and rough pontil. Minor wear, no damages. (9.5/10) NR £60- 80+
696. SEALED ENGLISH MALLET. 9.2ins tall. Heavy black/ dark green glass, distinctive collared lip with string rim. Body
form of a 1770-1780 item, but three piece mould
makes it more c. 1820. Chunky applied, very well
699. SNUFF JAR
(CACAOB)TTLE).
8.1ins tall. Black/ dark
olive glass, rectangular
form with facetted
edges, short flared, re-
annealled lip. Fairly flat
sand pontil base. A case
bottle, these were blown
in England for the Dutch
market where they were referred to as ‘cacaofles’. Used for powdered wares such as snuff, spices and, as the name suggests, powdered chocolate/ coffee. See Van den Bossche ‘Antique Glass Bottles’,
struck, seal below the shoulder ‘G Pressell’ with rayed compass central motif. Unlisted in Burton. The surname Presswell was first found in Worcestershire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor of Prestwood. The family moved around the 1400’s South to Devon where the main stem resided and where, for instance, George Presswell (born 1803) was Solicitor
& Procter and
Town Clerk in
Totnes. Kick up
and base pontil.
Exc/ A1 (9.8/10)
NR £60-80+
plate 287 for a similar example. No damages but some light rusting from burial - presented here ‘as dug’. A little seen variant of the snuff jar family. (8.8/10) NR £60-80+
700. ROYAL AMARANTH BITTERS BOTTLE. 11ins tall. Aqua glass - chunky
body with elgant long neck, double collar lip. ‘ALFRED SAVIGEAR/ ....ROYAL AMARANTH BITTERS’ within a buckled belt with additional wording & pict. t.m. above. Base registered number for 1888. No damages, just a little irridescence inside. A rare, less than 10 known, bitters bottle offering! (8.5/10) NR £80-120+
697. DEVON SEALED
CYLINDER. 11ins tall.
Dark olive green glass,
collared mouth with string
rim. One of two offered here, this with the higher applied chunky crisply struck seal, ‘LUPTON.’ Lupton sealed bottles were recovered from the cellars of Lupton House, built in 1772, near Brixham at Churston Ferrers in Devon. Burton (p1190) dated these to 1840-60; we suggest this is a little late given lack of mould lines, kick up and rough pontil all of which superseded by that
date by three piece Ricketts-type moulds. 1810-1830. An example was included in Truro Country Museums exhibition of sealed bottles in 1977 (cat. No. 206). Delightful characterful bottle, crude, seed bubbles, striations etc. Base kick up and rough pontil. Minor wear, no damages. (9.5/10) NR £60-80+
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