Lot 113 , Three black glass mallet shaped wine bottles, height 26cm (3)

Three black glass mallet shaped wine bottles, two late 18th century, All Souls Common Room sealed bottles, 27cm and 28cm, and a later seam moulded bottle bearing the seal MB 1750, height 26cm (3)
Estimate £150-200

First bottle with a near circle seal mark has a chip / indentation to the collar on the neck, typical striations and bubbles in the glass, no apparent body cracks though and it has some sort of sediment coating the inside, the second ASCR bottle has a spur coming off the side of the seal and there are two quite large bubbles and other smaller bubbles and striations to the glass, the pontil is a bit pronounced on one side and there is a sort of splinter chip or where it has been pulled away in manufacture, otherwise no internal cracks, the last later bottle which is moulded in two halves and with a seal saying MB 1750 - has small striations in the glass and minor wear otherwise in good condition.


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Sold for £220