A Shaft and Globe olive green glass bottle with well-defined string lip, the glass seal embossed with the Royal Coat of Arms (almost certainly of Charles II) over an earlier spherical seal revealing the initials I.H.. The bottle contains old sediment or some other solid matter. 9 in (23 cm) high, 17 in (44 cm) circumference "Shaft and Globe" bottles first appeared in the early 17th century and unsealed bottles believed to be pre-1650 do exist*. In 1636 there was an Act to forbid the sale of wine in bottles (as no two bottles could be blown alike, resulting in uneven measures. This led immediately to the use of privately purchased bottles which were taken to the vintner for filling from the cask, and the practice of "marking" or "sealing" one's bottles was introduced. In 1663 Pepys, in his diary, refers to "some of my new bottles made with my crest upon them filled with wine". Sealed bottles of this period are now extremely rare. James I (1603-1625), Charles I (1625-1649) and Charles II (1660-1685) used an identical coat of arms. This particular bottle is reputed to have been washed ashore from The Royal James which wrecked off the East Anglian coast in 1670, and is likely to have been blown and sealed, or in this case resealed, in the early to mid 1660s.*Understanding Antique Wine Bottles by Roger Dumbrell (Antique Collectors' Club in association with Christie's Wine Publications, (1983) #2000+

AN EXTREMELY RARE SEALED BOTTLE Lying at Christie's Available for collection only

A Shaft and Globe olive green glass bottle with well-defined string lip, the glass seal embossed with the Royal Coat of Arms (almost certainly of Charles II) over an earlier spherical seal revealing the initials I.H.. The bottle contains old sediment or some other solid matter. 9 in (23 cm) high, 17 in (44 cm) circumference "Shaft and Globe" bottles first appeared in the early 17th century and unsealed bottles believed to be pre-1650 do exist*. In 1636 there was an Act to forbid the sale of wine in bottles (as no two bottles could be blown alike, resulting in uneven measures. This led immediately to the use of privately purchased bottles which were taken to the vintner for filling from the cask, and the practice of "marking" or "sealing" one's bottles was introduced. In 1663 Pepys, in his diary, refers to "some of my new bottles made with my crest upon them filled with wine". Sealed bottles of this period are now extremely rare. James I (1603-1625), Charles I (1625-1649) and Charles II (1660-1685) used an identical coat of arms. This particular bottle is reputed to have been washed ashore from The Royal James which wrecked off the East Anglian coast in 1670, and is likely to have been blown and sealed, or in this case resealed, in the early to mid 1660s. *Understanding Antique Wine Bottles by Roger Dumbrell (Antique Collectors' Club in association with Christie's Wine Publications, (1983) #2000+

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A Shaft and Globe olive green glass bottle with well-defined string lip, the glass seal embossed with the Royal Coat of Arms (almost certainly of Charles II) over an earlier spherical seal revealing the initials I.H.. The bottle contains old sediment or some other solid matter. 9 in (23 cm) high, 17 in (44 cm) circumference "Shaft and Globe" bottles first appeared in the early 17th century and unsealed bottles believed to be pre-1650 do exist*. In 1636 there was an Act to forbid the sale of wine in bottles (as no two bottles could be blown alike, resulting in uneven measures. This led immediately to the use of privately purchased bottles which were taken to the vintner for filling from the cask, and the practice of "marking" or "sealing" one's bottles was introduced. In 1663 Pepys, in his diary, refers to "some of my new bottles made with my crest upon them filled with wine". Sealed bottles of this period are now extremely rare. James I (1603-1625), Charles I (1625-1649) and Charles II (1660-1685) used an identical coat of arms. This particular bottle is reputed to have been washed ashore from The Royal James which wrecked off the East Anglian coast in 1670, and is likely to have been blown and sealed, or in this case resealed, in the early to mid 1660s.
*Understanding Antique Wine Bottles by Roger Dumbrell (Antique Collectors' Club in association with Christie's Wine Publications, (1983) #2000+

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