AN ENGLISH GLASS SEALED WINE BOTTLE

CIRCA 1705-10

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AN ENGLISH GLASS SEALED WINE BOTTLE
CIRCA 1705-10
Of squat onion form and green tint, applied with a circular seal moulded with interlaced CC below an earl's coronet, with kick-in base and string rim
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale Bonhams, London, 16 Dcember 2009, lot 14

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Lot Essay

The seal is that of Henry Hyde, Lord Cornbury and 2nd Earl of Clarendon (1638-1709). Hyde is frequently mentioned by the 17th century diarist John Evelyn. See R. Dumbrell Understanding Antique Wine Bottles, (Woodbridge, 1983), pp. 245-246 where another bottle with the same seal is recorded, found at Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire.

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