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Lot 126
  • 126

An early English serving bottle circa 1690

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • 25cm., 9¾in.
the shaft-and-globe form with pouring lip, applied scroll handle with pinched terminal and high kick-in base

Catalogue Note

The present lot is accompanied by an old label which suggests that the handle has been broken for several decades.

For the form, see A.McConnell, The Decanter. An Illustrated History of Glass from 1650, p.63, pl.82.