A very rare sealed 'Bladder' mineral water bottle, circa 1755-60 Of olive-green tint, the large bulbous body with a long tapering neck applied with a string rim, the broad face applied with a seal inscribed 'HOLT . MINERAL-WATER ✢' encircling 'WILTS' all within a lined border, with a deep basal 'kick-up', 23.5cm high Footnotes: Provenance With Neil Willcox, October 1999 A C Hubbard Jr Collection Literature Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), p.112, pl.169 David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), p.1147 The mineral water to which the seal refers was extracted from wells at Holt, near Bath in Somerset, and was commercially exploited by Henry Eyre until about 1731. Eyre subsequently expanded the business to include the marketing of the waters, encouraging John and Priscilla Earl to become involved in extracting, bottling and exporting it. The waters were claimed to cure 'King's Evil, Leprosy, Running Sores, Ulcers, Cancers, Piles, Itchings in the Skin, Giddiness of the Head, Sore Eyes and Colick'. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A very rare façon de Venise serpent-stemmed winged wine glass, 17th centuryThe generous conical bowl on a wide collar, the elaborate stem formed from an entwined rope containing opaque white spiral threads, with finely pincered 'wings' on either side in bright transparent turquoise glass, all raised on a plain stem section with a basal knop above a delicate plain conical foot, 26.6cm highFootnotes:ProvenancePrivate British Collection, Bonhams, 1 December 2021, lot 3Chris Crabtree CollectionThese so-called vetri a serpenti, or 'serpent glasses', epitomise the glassmaking virtuosity of the Baroque era and the fascination with the grotesque. Whilst serpent stems have their origins in Venice, those with flattened coiled stems formed of ropes of glass in arrangements such as this applied with pincered ornament are of a distinctive type known to have developed in the Low Countries, where they were produced in two broad sizes. The present lot is in the larger size. A very similar glass in the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Cologne, is illustrated by Brigitte Klesse in the catalogue, Glas (1963), p.108, no.218.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare sealed half size 'Cylinder' wine bottle, dated 1755 Of olive-green tint, the wide straight-sided body with a tapering neck applied with a string rim, applied to the side with a seal inscribed 'I.T./ 1755', with a deep basal 'kick-up', 18.5cm high Footnotes: This seal is unrecorded by David Burton in his catalogue, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015). It has not been possible to identify the individual to whom the initials relate, but for a sealed bottle dated 1755 bearing the same initials, see lot 59 in this sale. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Three various wine glasses, circa 1740-50Comprising a balustroid glass, the drawn trumpet bowl with a solid teared base, on a teared inverted baluster stem and conical foot, 16.6cm high, a moulded-stem glass with a tall, slightly waisted bell bowl on an eight-sided pedestal stem containing an elongated tear, over a folded conical foot, 19cm high, the last with a drawn trumpet bowl engraved with a band of fruiting vine below the rim, on a plain stem and conical foot, 17.5cm high (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceBonhams, 23 June 2021, lot 13 (balustroid)Chris Crabtree CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Four opaque twist wine glasses, circa 1765With ogee bowls, comprising one on a multi-spiral stem with a central angular knop, 14.5cm high, one with a double-series stem containing a sixteen-ply spiral band outside of a pair of heavy opaque white corkscrew threads, 14.9cm high, and two moulded with fine flutes to the bases of the bowls, one with a double-series stem containing a pair of multi-ply bands around a multi-ply corkscrew, 14.8cm high, the other with a single-series stem containing a multi-ply corkscrew edged with heavy opaque white threads, 13.5cm high (4)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare sealed 'Mallet' wine bottle, dated 1736 Of olive-green tint, the wide straight-sided body with a long tapering neck and prominent string rim, applied at the shoulder with a seal inscribed 'Nicho: / Brent / St Dominick / 1736', with a deep circular basal 'kick-up', 20.5cm high Footnotes: Provenance Excavated from a hedge near St Dominick, Cornwall With Neil Willcox, March 2011 A C Hubbard Jr Collection Literature David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), p.655 The family to which the seal refers has not been identified, but likely relates to a Nicholas Brent who lived in the parish of St Dominick, Cornwall. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An armorial sealed 'Cylinder' wine bottle, dated 1791 Of olive-green tint, the narrow body with a slightly tapering neck and applied string rim, the side dominated by a large oval seal moulded with the Chadwick crest of a talbot dog's head pierced through the neck with an arrow, the collar charged with the arms of Handsacre, within the inscription 'JUXTA SALOPIAM/ 1791', the base with a deep 'kick-up', 26.8cm high Footnotes: Provenance Glass Works Auctions, 18 October 1999, lot 650 A C Hubbard Jr Collection Literature Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), p.115, pl.177 David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), pp.1400-1 The date on this bottle relates to the Chadwick crest, which derives from the ancient crest of Malveysin granted to John Chadwick (1720-1800) on 1 August 1791 by Sir Isaac Heard, Garter Knight. The embellishment on the collar of the dog's head alludes to Sir William Handsacre, who was killed at the battle of Shrewsbury in 1403 by Sir Robert Malveysin, who was also killed at the same battle. The seat of the Chadwick family was Healey Hall in Rochdale, Lancashire, until John Chadwick's death. It then moved to Mavesyn Ridware in Staffordshire with his son, Charles Chadwick (1753-1829). As the Chadwick coat of arms is not incorporated into the seal, it suggests that John was probably not the owner of this bottle and that this is more likely to have been his son Charles. Burton records at least two other examples. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An exceptionally rare sealed double magnum 'Onion' wine bottle, circa 1710-15 Of olive-green tint, the generous bulbous body with a short tapering neck and applied string rim, sealed with the remains of the original cork and wax seal, applied just below the shoulder with a seal inscribed with the interlaced monogram 'PDM' within a beaded border, a deep 'kick-up' to the base, 27cm high Footnotes: Provenance Dennis Northmore Collection, BBR Auctions, 7 July 2002, lot 184 With Neil Willcox, 14 July 2002 A C Hubbard Jr Collection Literature David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), pp.1209-10 The seal on this exceptional bottle has been beautifully executed by a master craftsman, suggesting that the original owner was likely to have been a wealthy individual. Whilst the letters D and M of the monogram are dominant, it is not possible to determine the order in which the initials were intended to be read and the identity of the individual to which they relate has not been identified. This bottle holds the current record for the highest price paid at auction for any undated sealed bottle from the 18th century and no other example with this seal is recorded in the literature. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare sealed 'Onion' wine bottle, dated 1688 Of deep emerald-green tint, the bulbous body with a short tapering neck and applied string rim, the shoulder applied with a seal with a crown flanked by 'OX ON' above the W & A Morell cipher and date '1688', with a deep basal 'kick-up', 16.5cm high Footnotes: Provenance With Neil Willcox, 30 May 2001 A C Hubbard Jr Collection Literature David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), p.510 This bottle is attributed to Anne Morrell, who was licensee of the Crown tavern on Cornmarket Street in Oxford. Anne is known to have run a Crown tavern in 1659 prior to her second marriage to William Morrell around the same year, after which they ran the tavern together. Following the death of her husband in 1679, Anne Morrell ran the Crown tavern alone until her own death in 1696 when she left the tavern to her daughter from her first marriage, Joan Turton. The earliest sealed bottles relating to the tavern are undated but the later seals incorporate the Morrell monogram, with the earliest examples dated 1674. A number of bottles bearing this seal are recorded with various dates, but this would appear to be the only complete example dated 1688 of full size. Two half size 'Onion' examples with the same seal are recorded by Burton, together with several detached seals. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A miniature opaque twist cordial glass and a miniature baluster sweetmeat glass, mid-18th centuryOf very attractive small size, the first with a drawn trumpet bowl on a double-series stem enclosing a pair of heavy opaque white spiral threads around a central gauze column, over a conical foot, 10.4cm high, the other with a panel-moulded lipped bowl, the stem with central opposing baluster knops and terminating in a small basal knop, over a panel-moulded domed foot, 7.6cm high (2)Footnotes:For miniature opaque twist cordial glasses of different form see Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), p.48, pl.55.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Dutch stipple-engraved opaque twist wine glass, circa 1760Perhaps by J Wolff, the round funnel bowl delicately engraved with a semi-nude putto, perhaps Cupid, a single rose raised in his left hand and a bunch of three roses in his right, his cloak billowing behind him, on a double-series stem with two pairs of opaque white threads around a central gauze column, over a conical foot, 13.8cm highFootnotes:This glass is not recorded by Frans Smit in his catalogue, Uniquely Dutch Eighteenth-Century Dutch Stipple-Engravings on Glass (1993), but the charmingly naïve style of the engraving suggests that it may be by J Wolff. Compare to lots 101 and 102 in this sale and see the footnote to lot 102 for a commentary on J Wolff's distinctive style of engraving.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A large baluster wine glass, circa 1720-30The waisted bell bowl with a solid base, on a stem comprising two graduated drop knops, the lower containing a tear, over a folded domed foot, 19.7cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Christine Bridge Antiques, 17 June 1995A goblet of related form from the Basil Jefferies Collection was sold by Bonhams on 12 November 2014, lot 28.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
The Dreadnought: a rare engraved Privateer wine glass, circa 1757-58 The bucket bowl engraved with the three-masted ship in sail, inscribed 'Success to the DREADNOUGHT Privateer,' below the rim, on a single-series opaque twist stem containing a multi-ply corkscrew edged with a pair of heavy opaque white threads, over a conical foot, the stem repaired with a silver sleeve, 15.5cm high Footnotes: Provenance Peter Lazarus Collection Terence C Woodfield Collection Chris Crabtree Collection Literature Cleo Witt, Introducing Bristol Glass (1984), p.29 Cleo Witt, Cyril Weeden and Arlene Palmer Schwind, Bristol Glass (1984), p.42 Exhibited The Bristol and West Building, Broad Quay, June-July 1984 The Dreadnought was a Bristol ship of 130 tons with 12 guns, 12 swivels and a crew of 120 men, owned by Bristol merchants John Harbord, Jonah Thomas, Samuel Thomas and William Wasbrough. She was first declared on 22 March 1757 by Captain James Leisman, on 16 March 1758 by Captain Richard Fitzherbert, on 29 August that year by Captain Joseph English, then again on 10 April 1762 by Captain George Burford, see J W Damer Powell, Bristol Privateers and Ships of War (1930), pp.200-1. A diary written by the ship's unnamed surgeon during a four-month cruise in 1757 under the captaincy of Leisman in the Bristol Archives details life on board, including the capture of the Lyon, a French ship travelling from St. Domingo to Bordeaux. The dreadnought captured several foreign vessels. Perhaps her greatest success, as noted in Berrow's Worcester Journal in August 1757, was the capture of 'the Marquis de Conflans, from St. Domingo to Rochelle. She mounts 20 Guns, and engag'd the Dreadnought three Hours. This Prize is reckon'd worth between £20,000 and £30,000'. Lloyd's List describes this ship as being '300 Tons, 12 Guns and 30 Men, loaded with about 160 Hhds of fine, and 160 of brown Sugar, about 170 Hhds of Coffee, 12 Casks of Indigo, 4 Bags of Cotton, & a small Quantity of Tortoiseshell'. An identical glass, presumably from the same original set, is in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge (inv. no.C.523-1961), illustrated in the catalogue (1978), p.105, no.269a. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare sealed 'Mallet' wine bottle, dated 1752 Of dark olive-green tint, the long wide body with a long tapering neck and prominent string rim, applied to the side with a seal inscribed 'W.R/ 1752', with a deep basal 'kick-up', 23.8cm high Footnotes: Provenance With Howard Phillips Stan Hooper Collection Glass Works Auctions, 8 December 2011, lot 312 (part) A C Hubbard Jr Collection Literature Roger Dumbrell, Understanding Antique Wine Bottles (1983), p.96, fig.142 David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), p.699 One other full size bottle with this seal is recorded in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.C.384-1993) and was made using the same seal die. Burton also records at least one further example of half size. The initials have not been identified. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Dutch engraved light baluster 'Friendship' wine glass, circa 1740-50The round funnel bowl finely engraved with a pair of hands with large frilled cuffs, clasped beneath a radiant sun, above the inscription 'VRINTSCHAP', all within tied floral fronds, the rim with a formal zigzag border, on a multi-knopped stem with a central beaded knop set between balusters flanked by shoulder and basal knops, over a domed foot, 18.4cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceChris Crabtree CollectionA glass of identical form with very similar engraving, including the same inscription and border to the rim, is illustrated and discussed by Anna Laméris, Amicitiae: A Toast to Friendship (2018), pp.26-7, no.7. Together with the present lot, this belongs to a distinct group of glasses by an unknown Rotterdam engraver also responsible for a marriage goblet commemorating Montauban van Swijndregt, illustrated by Nora Schadee, Met rad en Diamant (1989), pp.25 and 72-3, no.95.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A good Dutch engraved light baluster 'Friendship' wine glass, circa 1750The round funnel bowl decorated with a pair of clasped hands with large, frilled cuffs beneath the inscription 'VRINTSCHAP', all within an elaborate rococo scroll and foliate cartouche, set on a cushion knop and wide blade knop above a swelling stem section containing an elongated tear between knops, over a folded conical foot, 20cm highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare sealed 'Mallet' wine bottle, dated 1724 Of olive-green tint, the straight-sided body wider at the base, the tapering neck with applied string rim, applied just below the shoulder with a seal inscribed 'W/ Hinton/ 1724' in script, with a deep basal 'kick-up', 17.2cm high Footnotes: Provenance With Neil Willcox, 16 May 2001 A C Hubbard Jr Collection Literature David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), p.606 The individual to which the seal relates has not been identified and no other bottle with this seal would appear to be recorded in the literature. Two bottles are recorded by Burton with seals for an 'M Hinton' dated 1711 and 1717 respectively, which may be related. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A moulded-stem wine glass, circa 1720-30The conical bowl with a solid base, on an eight-sided stem enclosing an elongated tear and with a basal collar, over a folded conical foot, 16.3cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Gabor Cossa Antiques, 24 September 1988For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare sealed 'Octagonal Cylinder' wine bottle of possible American interest, dated 1739Of dark olive-green tint, the wide straight-sided octagonal body with rounded shoulders, the tall elegant neck with an applied string rim, applied to one side with a seal inscribed '*/.R.S./ 1739', with a basal 'kick-up', 25cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceTom Floyd Collection, Florida, Christie's, 13 February 1990, lot 30With Neil Willcox, 4 October 1999A C Hubbard Jr CollectionLiteratureWard Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), p.113, pl.171David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), pp.670-71This is the earliest date found on a bottle of 'Octagonal Cylinder' shape. It has been suggested that a number of octagonal sealed bottles dating to the 1730s which bear initials have their origins in Ireland, suggesting that the initials may relate to someone of Irish descent. It has not been possible to identify the individual to whom the initials refer, but at least five other 'Octagonal Cylinder' examples with this seal are recorded by Burton, all of which are in American collections. For this reason, Burton suggests that the initials here may instead relate to someone who was living in America. Another is illustrated by Willy Van den Bossche, Antique Glass Bottles (2001), p.87, pl.32.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Two facet-stem wine glasses and a pair of flutes, circa 1775-80One with a generous tulip-shaped bowl cut with diamond facets to the lower part, the hexagonal faceted stem with a central swelling knop, 16.4cm high, one with a round funnel bowl engraved with bucrania and paterae within entwined husk festoons, all beneath an 'OXO' border, on a diamond-cut stem, 11.3cm high, the flutes with funnel bowls with 'OXO' borders, on hexagonal stems cut with alternate columns of ellipses, 15.5cm high (4)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare armorial sealed 'Onion' wine bottle of Welsh interest, circa 1700 Of dark olive-green tint, the wide bulbous body with a tapering neck and string rim, applied to the shoulder with a seal moulded with the arms of Williams impaling Cradock, inscribed 'Dyffrin' above, with a deep basal 'kick-up', 14.9cm high Footnotes: Provenance Sotheby's, 6 March 2000, lot 265 With Neil Willcox, 16 May 2001 A C Hubbard Jr Collection Literature David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), pp.1448-9 The coat of arms depicted on this seal is that of Philip Williams (d.1658) and his second wife, Rose Cradock (d.1630) of Cheriton in the Gower, Wales. The Williams family was prominent in the Neath area of West Glamorgan who lived at Old Dyffryn House, sometimes known as Plas Dyffryn Clydach, which was sold when the family died out in the 1830s and later demolished. This bottle was made for Philip and Rose's son, also called Philip Williams (d.1717), who was a prominent genealogist and steward of the manor of both Cadoxton and the Neath Abbey estate of Elizabeth Hoby. No other bottle with this unique seal would appear to be recorded. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine baluster wine glass, circa 1720-25Of attractive small size, the round funnel bowl with a heavy solid base containing a small tear, the stem with an opposing pair of teared balusters separated by a central cushion knop, over a folded domed foot, 14.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Asprey's, Grosvenor House Fair, 19 June 1984Tatton Hewetson Collection, Bonhams, 13 November 2013, lot 5A very similar glass is illustrated by Delomosne and Son, The Seton Veitch Collection (2006), no.10d and was sold as part of the Patrick and Mavis Walker Collection by Bonhams on 1 December 2021, lot 77. Compare also to that from the James Hall Collection sold by Bonhams on 17 December 2008, lot 44.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare half size 'Shaft and Globe / Onion' transitional wine bottle, circa 1675-80 Of dark olive-green tint, the bulbous body narrowing towards the base, the long tapering neck applied with a prominent string rim with two tooled notches, the base with a 'kick-up', 16.2cm high Footnotes: Provenance With Neil Willcox, 9 October 2001 A C Hubbard Jr Collection This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An exceptionally rare and important sealed 'Shaft and Globe' wine bottle, circa 1660-65Of olive-green tint, the rounded bulbous body tapering inwards towards the base, the slender tapering neck with a prominent string rim, the shoulder applied with a large seal inscribed with the initials 'G.O' within a beaded border, a shallow 'kick-up' to the base, 23.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceBBR Auctions, 8 July 2012, lot 208A C Hubbard Jr CollectionLiteratureDavid Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), pp.987 and 1575Although the initials on this significant bottle have not been identified, Burton suggests that a tavern motif or family crest may have sat above the initials which was lost during the seal impression.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An engraved airtwist wine glass, circa 1750The bucket bowl with a floral specimen with two flowers, perhaps a tulip, the reverse with a spray of Lily of the Valley, on a multi-spiral stem with shoulder and central knops, over a conical foot, 14.7cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceJerome Shaw Collection, New York, Phillips, 15 December 1999, lot 293For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Three sealed 'Cylinder' wine bottles, circa 1780 and later Of olive-green tint, the first of narrow-bodied form, the long tapering neck with a tooled lip and string rim, applied to the side with a seal inscribed 'I/ Battiscome' with scrollwork motifs, with a deep basal 'kick-up', 28.9cm high, together with two mid-19th century three-part moulded narrow-bodied examples, one with double collar lip and string rim, applied to the side with a seal inscribed 'T. Cardell', 26.5cm high, the other with a bulbous 'ladies leg' neck with a tooled lip and string rim, applied to the shoulder with a seal dated '1825' beneath a Maltese cross and within a beaded border, 27.7cm high (3) Footnotes: Provenance Sotheby's, 9 December 1947 (Cardell) Sheelah Ruggles-Brise Collection and thence by family descent Literature Sheelah Ruggles-Brise, Sealed Bottles (1949), pp.84 (Battiscome) and 89 (Cardell) David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), pp.1049 (Battiscome), 1073 (Cardell) and 862 (Maltese cross) The bottle for 'T Cardell' can be attributed to Thomas Cardell who lived at St. Columb Minor, Cornwall. It is later inscribed 'Dr W Stephens, Hayne, Newquay' in diamond-point around the footrim, which would support a Cornish attribution. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine and rare Dutch stipple-engraved light baluster wine glass by J Wolff, circa 1760 The round funnel bowl delicately engraved with an almost continuous landscape scene depicting falconry, an moustached gentleman standing before a seated lady, he with a sword by his side and she holding an open book in her lap, a boy holding a crossbow standing before them, an elaborately dressed gentleman standing to his left with a falcon perched on his left arm, holding his dog by a lead behind him, a man on horseback releasing another falcon in the distance, all before a clifftop castle and beneath a flock of birds in flight, the stem with angular and cushion knops above a beaded inverted baluster terminating in a basal knop, over a conical foot, 17.5cm high Footnotes: Provenance S J Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 27 February 1968, lot 1578 The identity of J Wolff is unknown, but if he was a relative of the renowned master engraver David Wolff it can only be his brother Jacob, born in 1742, see Frans Smit, Dutch Eighteenth-Century Dutch Stipple-Engravings on Glass (1993), p.17. A total of just twenty glasses by this engraver are recorded by Smit, including two bearing the signature 'J Wolff', one of which is dated 1780. J Wolff stippled in a very distinctive style with backgrounds often sparsely dotted and darker objects frequently left almost devoid of stippling, instead delineated by outlines. The style of the engraving on the present lot is therefore characteristic of this engraver. He specialised in depictions of country folk and rural life, particularly tavern scenes. The present lot is unrecorded by Smit and therefore represents an important addition to this artist's oeuvre. Two examples with related outdoor scenes depicting various spectators watching the ascent of a hot air balloon are recorded by Smit (1993), p.156, nos.Ec.3 and Ec.4. For a goblet with a tavern scene by J Wolff, see that sold by Bonhams on 21 June 2022, lot 132. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare sealed 'Mallet' wine bottle, circa 1735-40 Of dark olive-amber tint, the wide body with straight sides and a long tapering neck with applied string rim, applied just below the shoulder with a seal inscribed 'EARLE . OF/ LITCHFIELD/ STOLE/ IF SOLD' beneath an Earl's coronet, all within a lined border, with a deep basal 'kick-up', 23.2cm high Footnotes: Provenance With Neil Willcox, 23 November 1998 A C Hubbard Jr Collection Literature Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Gasses (2000), p.110, pl.164 David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), p.1184 There have been three creations of the earldom of Litchfield, the first lasting for less than a year in 1672, the second lasting from 1674 until 1772, and the current title created on 15 September 1831. The seal on this bottle relates to the second creation of the title, when Sir Edward Lee, 5th baronet Quarendon (1663-1716), was created Earl of Litchfield and Viscount Quarendon. He married Charlotte Fitzroy in 1667, the illegitimate and favourite daughter of King Charles II. Upon his death the title passed to their eldest son, George Henry Lee II (1690-1742), who was the probable owner of this important bottle. The title became extinct once more when George Henry died without issue in 1742. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A good green and red colour twist wine glass, circa 1765The round funnel bowl on a stem containing three central heavy opaque white corkscrew threads, two edged in translucent jade-green and one in translucent ruby-red, alternating with three opaque white spiral threads, over a conical foot, 14.4cm highFootnotes:ProvenancePrivate London CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Eight interesting miniature wine glasses, 18th and early 19th centuryAll of attractive small size, comprising a miniature firing glass with an ogee bowl on a heavy plain stem and spreading foot, a baluster glass with a bell bowl on a stem with a central ball knop, a plain-stemmed glass with a conical bowl, a glass with a bell bowl resting on a heavy knop and solid conical foot, two facet-stem glasses and two gin glasses on capstan stems with central blade knops, tallest 7.7cm high (8)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare blue mixed colour twist wine glass, circa 1765the generous bell bowl on a stem with an airtwist gauze corkscrew entwined with a heavy translucent cobalt-blue spiral thread, over a conical foot, 17.8cm highFootnotes:ProvenancePrivate London CollectionA virtually identical glass to the present lot was sold by Bonhams as part of the James Hall Collection on 4 June 2008, lot 168 and again on 2 May 2018, lot 127. They belong to a series of glasses with bell bowls, most of which are distinctively engraved with single animals or botanical flowers and are discussed by Delomosne and Son, The Seton Veitch Collection (2006), no.43, who suggest a Low Countries origin for the engraving. The stems all combine an airtwist corkscrew with a single coloured thread typically in blue or green.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A set of four Blades and Jones glasses from the Juan Álvarez Mendizábal Service, circa 1830-40Engraved with the initials 'J.A.M.' above a narrow ropetwist band, the bases of the bowls cut with pronounced spiral flutes extending into barbed protrusions, set on faceted knops over a slender octagonal stems, the star-shaped feet sharply cut underneath, comprising a pair of wine glasses, a port glass and a sherry glass, 14cm, 13.5cm and 10.5cm high (4)Footnotes:ProvenanceChris Crabtree CollectionJuan Álvarez Mendizábal (1790-1853) was a prominent Spanish economist and politician as well as a liberal revolutionary. He was forced into exile from 1823-35, during which time he lived and worked in England and probably ordered this set of glass. A drawing by John Jones in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.E.784-1978) shows a glass from this set annotated 'Had by J.A. Mandezabal'. The shapes are derived from the set of glass made in 1806-8 for the Prince of Wales by Perrin Geddes & Co of Warrington. A suite of this glass was sold by Bonhams on 18 May 2016, lot 120 and four glasses from the set were shown in the Glass Circle exhibition, From Palace to Parlour (2003), p.11, no.4.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A heavy baluster wine glass, circa 1710-15The round funnel bowl with a solid base, the stem with a wide teared angular knop, the tear extending into a basal knop, over a folded conical foot, 16cm highFootnotes:A slightly larger example from the Graham Vivian Collection was sold by Bonhams on 1 December 2021, lot 115.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Four airtwist wine glasses, circa 1750One with a generous bell bowl on a multi-spiral stem with a central three-ring annular collar, over a domed foot, 19cm high, one with a round funnel bowl on a stem with a multi-spiral gauze corkscrew, 15.6cm high, one with an ogee bowl on a stem with two mercurial spiral threads around a fine air column, 14.2cm high, the last with a round funnel bowl engraved with a spray of fruiting vine, on a shoulder-knopped multi-spiral stem, 13.2cm high (4)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare quarter size 'Shaft and Globe' wine bottle or apothecary vial, circa 1660-70Of translucent pale aqua tint and attractive small size, the bulbous body with a long slightly tapering neck and prominent string rim, with a shallow basal 'kick-up', 11.9cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceChristie's, 7 October 1996, lot 1A C Hubbard Jr CollectionLiteratureWard Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), p.109, pl.159It is exceptionally rare to find a 'Shaft and Globe' bottle in such a small size. Only two sealed quarter size examples are recorded by David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), pp.940-1 and 943. Another example in translucent aqua glass is illustrated alongside the present lot by Ward Lloyd (2000), p.109, pl.159. It is possible that this bottle served as an apothecary vial considering that most early wine bottles were manufactured from dark green vernacular glass to protect the contents from light and hide visible impurities in wine.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A London delftware wine bottle, dated 1648The globular body raised on a small, spreading foot, the strap handle with a pointed lower terminal applied at the back, the front inscribed in blue 'SACK 1648' above a simplified flourish, 16.5cm highFootnotes:A bottle of the same date, with the same style of lettering and flourish is illustrated by Lipski and Archer, Dated English Delftware (1984), p.322, no.1354. Two similar bottles also dated 1648, inscribed 'WHIT' and 'CLARET', are in the Norwich Castle Museum (inv. no.56.1826) and are illustrated by Lipski and Archer on p.323, nos.1363 and 1364.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Dutch engraved Royal armorial baluster wine glass, second quarter 18th centuryThe round funnel bowl with a slightly everted rim and a solid beaded base, decorated with the English arms of Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, within a crowned cartouche inscribed with the motto of the Order of the Garter, flanked by crossed floral sprays, the teared stem with two graduated cushion knops above an inverted baluster section, over a spreading conical foot, 17.6cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceChris Crabtree CollectionPrincess Anne (1709-1759) was the eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare sealed 'Rectangular Octagonal Cylinder' wine bottle, dated 1731 Of amber-green tint, the tall octagonal body with a long straight neck, tooled lip and string rim, applied to the broad side with a seal inscribed 'Foote/ Harwood/ 1731', a shallow 'kick-up' to the smooth underside, 27.2cm high Footnotes: Provenance With Neil Willcox, 4 October 1999 A C Hubbard Jr Collection Literature Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), p.113, pls.171 and 172 David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), pp.634-5 This bottle was discovered in Cornwall and can be attributed to John Pearson Foote of Harwood Manor near Calstock, the construction of which was completed in 1731. The shape of this bottle and the style of the string rim, together with the proportions of the neck and body, indicate that this bottle is of the 1770-80 period and so the earlier date on the seal is commemorative. It is possible that John Foote wished to commemorate a family event such as a birth or marriage, or perhaps the completion of Calstock Manor. Whilst no other bottle with this seal would appear to be recorded, an opalescent 'Onion' bottle inscribed 'J Foote/ Harwood' in diamond-point script was sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2022, lot 5, which may be related to the family. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Paris porcelain coffee can painted by Thomas Baxter, circa 1805-10Finely stipple-painted in sepia monochrome with 'Cupid in a Glass', winged cupid crouched in a glass resting on a shelf, a wine bottle to the right, the gilt-edged panel reserved on an orange ground below a gilt lattice border, the underside inscribed 'il est partout' in gold script, 6.1cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceBonhams, 21 May 2014, lot 109Charles Dawson CollectionMost probably painted by Thomas Baxter junior in the Baxter family workshop off Fleet Street. Very much a test of an artist's skill, Baxter revisited the 'Cupid in a Glass' subject on a number of occasions throughout his career. See the Swansea cabinet cup in the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery illustrated by John O Wilstead and Bernard Morris, Thomas Baxter, The Swansea Years 1816-1819 (1997), p.20, fig.4a and the Chamberlain cup illustrated by John Sandon, The Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain (1993), p.63.The inscription is in Baxter's own hand. Compare with the title written to the underside of the 'Tragic Muse' plate sold by Bonhams on 5 June 2019, lot 225.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare sealed 'Cylinder' wine bottle of American interest, dated 1750 Of olive-green tint, the wide, slightly waisted body with a long tapering neck and prominent string rim, applied to the side with a seal inscribed 'Iohn/ Pole/ 1750' within a lined border, with a deep circular basal 'kick-up', 23.9cm high Footnotes: Provenance Excavated from an old privy in Society Hill, Philadelphia, PA, 1970s Glass Works Auctions, 25 February 2008, lot 228 A C Hubbard Jr Collection Literature David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), pp.694-5 This bottle was excavated during the construction of the Interstate 95 highway in Philadelphia in the 1970s, together with four further complete examples with the same seal and several associated fragments. They were discovered in an old privy to the north of Pine Street and a few doors west of Front Street on a site formerly occupied by the home of John Pole (1705-1755), a prominent Philadelphia Quaker and alms house benefactor. A further fragment with this seal was recovered in 2006 from an old privy on the former site of the Philadelphia City Almshouse on Cypress Street. John Pole was born at Buttlehay (later Battlehay) near Wiveliscombe, Somerset. He emigrated from England to Burlington, New Jersey, around 1727 following the failure of his tailoring business and mounting debts, for which he ultimately spent time in jail. Upon his release and the repayment of his debts he moved to Philadelphia and became a successful merchant, allowing him to purchase a small estate on the banks of the River Schuykill. He returned to England on business for about a year in 1748, during which time he may have ordered these bottles. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare sealed half size 'Onion' wine bottle, dated 1725 Of olive-green tint, the bulbous body with a medium tapering neck and applied string rim, applied to the shoulder with a seal inscribed 'T/ Tipper/ 1725', with a deep basal 'kick-up', 14.5cm high Footnotes: Provenance With Neil Willcox, 16 May 2001 A C Hubbard Jr Collection Literature David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), p.616 The family to which the seal relates has not been identified, but no other bottles with this seal would appear to be recorded in the literature. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A remarkable Alloa sealed double-magnum 'Cylinder' wine bottle, dated 1792Of dark olive-green tint characteristically flecked with opaque white, the generous bulbous body with a long neck, tooled lip and string rim, with kick-in base and string rim, applied to the side with a seal inscribed 'S.W/ 1792' within a scalloped border, with a deep basal 'kick-up', 30cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceFound in a walled-up cottage in Kinross, Scotland, 1970sNorman C Heckler, 9 June 1999, lot 90With Neil Willcox, 29 July 1999A C Hubbard Jr CollectionLiteratureWard Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), p.117, pl.181David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), p.803This is the earliest dated example of Alloa glass known to exist. It would have been very difficult to blow a bottle of such impressive size at this early date, hence its slight unevenness.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An exceptionally rare sealed vernacular mug or tankard, dated 1710 Of olive-green tint, the bulbous pear-shaped body with a slightly flared cylindrical neck trailed with a continuous glass thread, the scrolled handle with a pronounced thumbrest, applied to the shoulder with two seals both inscribed 'IOHN . PERCY . 1770' encircling a portcullis, all within a beaded border, the base with a pronounced footring and 'kick-up' underneath, 13.5cm high Footnotes: Provenance Sotheby's, 15 November 1994, lot 504 With Neil Willcox, July 1998 A C Hubbard Jr Collection Literature Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), p.110, pls.162-3 David Burton, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2015), p.556 It is exceptionally rare to find a tankard such as this in vernacular bottle glass. Historically known as 'gorges', tankards of this form are found in contemporary stoneware, silver and glass in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Whilst it has not been possible to associate the portcullis with the Percy family or to trace the John Percy to whom the seals relate, this important tankard is one of only a handful of related sealed examples known to survive. Just two other dated sealed tankards are recorded by Burton (2015), pp.532 and 590, both of which are in the Victoria and Albert Museum and of different form to the present lot. They include one applied with three seals dated 1700 (inv. no.C.10-1948) and one applied with four seals dated 1720 (inv. no.C.581-1925). A remarkable decanter jug of circa 1705-15 applied with six undated armorial seals, also in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.134-1908), would appear to be the only other sealed example comparable form to the present lot, see Burton (2015), p.1466. The similarities in shape of the body, handle and the trailed decoration around the neck are of particular note. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Jacobite engraved airtwist wine glass, circa 1750The drawn trumpet bowl with a six-petalled rose on a thorny stem with two buds, one closed and one open, the reverse with an oak leaf below a star and 'Fiat', on a multi-spiral stem and conical foot, 16.4cm highFootnotes:According to Geoffrey B Seddon, The Jacobites and their Drinking Glasses (1995), the engraving may be attributed to Engraver C or E in the author's nomenclature.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A good baluster wine glass, circa 1725-30The slender bell bowl with a flared rim, set on a stem with a solid ball knop set between short plain sections, above a wide teared inverted baluster terminating in a basal knop, over a conical foot, 16.7cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Gabor Cossa Antiques, 23 March 1985For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Jacobite engraved airtwist wine glass, circa 1750The generous drawn trumpet bowl with a six-petalled rose on a thorny stem with two buds, one closed and one open, the reverse with a large oak leaf and inscribed 'Fiat', on a multi-spiral airtwist stem and wide conical foot, 18cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceTatton Hewetson Collection, Bonhams, 13 November 2013, lot 26According to Geoffrey B Seddon, The Jacobites and their Drinking Glasses (1995), the engraving is distinctively the hand of Engraver B in the author's nomenclature.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare green-tinted opaque twist wine glass, circa 1760-70The pale green cup-shaped bowl of 'roemer' type, on a hollow cylinder knop applied with three raspberry prunts, above an opaque twist stem in clear glass set with an opaque white multi-ply corkscrew, over a domed foot also in pale green, 15.3cm highFootnotes:These unusual pale green glass roemers were English products imitating earlier Roemers from the Low Countries and probably intended for the export market, principally to Holland. Similar examples are illustrated by W A Thorpe, A History of English and Irish Glass (1929), pl.C(4) and by Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), p.99, pl.146(c), the latter sold by Bonhams as part of the A C Hubbard Jr Collection on 30 November 2011, lot 120. Compare also to that from the Ron and Mary Thomas Collection sold by Bonhams on 4 June 2008, lot 138.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine colour twist wine glass, circa 1765The bell bowl on a stem enclosing a solid multi-ply corkscrew edged on one side in translucent emerald-green and on the other in opaque iron-red, a pair of heavy opaque white spiral threads between, over a conical foot, 16cm highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A set of three engraved airtwist wine glasses of possible Jacobite significance, circa 1750Each drawn trumpet bowl with a leafy stylised rose spray and a bird in flight to the reverse, set on multi-spiral airtwist stems and folded conical feet, 15.7-16cm high (3)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A baluster wine glass, circa 1730-35The waisted bell bowl with a solid base, the stem with a triple-annulated knop above a teared inverted baluster terminating in a basal knop, over a folded conical foot, 16.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith John A Brooks, 7 April 1994A similar glass is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.90, no.152.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Jacobite engraved airtwist wine glass, circa 1750The drawn trumpet bowl with a six-petalled rose on a leafy stem with two buds, one closed and one open, inscribed 'Fiat' above, the reverse with an oak leaf and a star, on a multi-spiral stem comprising five mercurial air threads, over a folded conical foot, 17.9cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceGavina Ewart Collection, Bonhams, 6 March 2002, lot 16For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Five airtwist wine glasses, circa 1750With single-series multi-spiral stems set on conical feet, comprising one with a generous round funnel bowl, 18.5cm high, one with a bell bowl on an inverted baluster stem, 16.4cm high, one with a bell bowl with air threads extending into the solid base, 17.2cm high, and two with drawn trumpet bowls, 16.6cm and 16.8cm high (5)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Four various opaque twist glasses and a mixed twist wine glass, circa 1765With double-series stems and conical feet, comprising an ale flute with an elongated ogee bowl engraved with hops and barley, 19.7cm high, a large flute with a funnel bowl moulded with fine basal flutes, 20.7cm high, a wine with a bucket bowl, 16.3cm high, and a wine with a tulip-shaped ogee bowl, 13.1cm high, the mixed twist glass with an ovoid bowl on a stem with a pair of opaque white gauze corkscrews around a central mercurial air column, 13.2cm high (5)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765The ogee bowl painted with fruiting vine in opaque white, faint traces of gilding to the rim, set on a double-series stem containing a multi-ply corkscrew encircled by a pair of opaque white spiral tapes, over a conical foot, 14.6cm highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A sealed half size 'Cylinder' wine bottle, probably dated 1755 Of dark olive-green tint, the narrow body with a sagged base, the long neck applied with a string rim, the shoulder applied with a seal inscribed 'Iames Oke[s]/ Bury/ 1755', the 'I' crossed, with a deep basal 'kick-up', 19.8cm high Footnotes: Provenance With Neil Willcox, 2 April 2002 A C Hubbard Jr Collection Literature David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), pp.704-5 and 767 A number of dated bottles attributed to James Oakes (1741-1828) of Bury St Edmonds in Suffolk were produced over a fairly regular period, the earliest being a 'Cylinder' bottle dated 1770. The present example is erroneously illustrated twice by Burton under the dates 1755 and 1777 owing to the unclarity of the seal engraving, but listed with the 1755 date. As James Oakes was born in 1741, if the 1755 interpretation is correct this seal would therefore have to relate to his father, also called James. The family business was in the manufacture of yarn but it was much later, after his son expanded into banking and built the family wealth, before the family established a high social standing in the community. Examination of the seal suggests that either date is conceivable, but the style of the bottle with its long neck and square shoulders supports a 1750s attribution. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare sealed half size 'Octagonal Cylinder' wine bottle of possible American interest, circa 1740-45Of dark olive-green tint, the straight-sided rectangular body with a long slender neck and applied string rim, the broad side applied with a seal inscribed 'E.C' beneath a diamond, all within a lined border, with a shallow basal 'kick-up', 20.1cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceGlass Works Auctions, September 2006A C Hubbard Jr CollectionLiteratureDavid Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), pp.1088-9The initials on this rare bottle have not been identified, but are believed to relate to an individual based in the United States. Another example bearing the same seal was excavated at Williamsburg, Virginia, and is in the collection of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation together with another detached seal. Edwin Conway (1682-1763) of Lancaster County has been suggested as a possible owner, or perhaps the prominent tavern keeper Edward Charlton.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare sealed opalescent square-sided 'Onion' wine bottle, dated 1715 In dichroic olive-green glass with an attractive faint blue opalescence, the large square-shaped bulbous body with a long tapering neck and applied string rim, applied to the shoulder with a seal inscribed 'T. Cocke/ 1715', with a deep basal 'kick-up', 18.1cm high Footnotes: Provenance With Neil Willcox, 23 November 2005 A C Hubbard Jr Collection Literature David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), p.575 Known as 'glass gall' or sandever, the rare and curious opalescent cast exhibited by this bottle was caused by an excess sodium sulphate impurity in the glassmaking batch. Although considered a particularly attractive effect, whether it was deliberate or accidental remains the subject of much debate. It is unusual to see it in a bottle of such an early date. The family to which the seal relates has not been identified but may be connected to a half size sealed 'Onion' bottle inscribed 'Wm/ Cocke/ 1723'. No other bottle with this seal would appear to be recorded. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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