English Cylinder Bottle with Applied Seal T.C.C.R circa 1828-1834

Origin: English

Colour: Olive Green

Dimensions: Height 10.35in Width 3.25in

Lip: Applied lip and string rim

Base: Shallow Kick-up with sand pontil scar

Source: England

Condition: Excellent. Full gloss with minor surface wear.

Special features: Well-struck seal attributed to Trinity College Common Room, Oxford University. This is a pint bottle and according to Fay Banks, 1997 Trinity College ordered more pint than quart bottles.

Seal: T.C.C.R


Fay Banks, 1997 writes "In the early twentieth century when Dr. Blakiston was president he became much annoyed by the undergraduates climbing into the college over the Parks Road wall. He decided to improve security but balked at the expense of installing revolving metal spikes. On hearing that there were many old bottles in the college cellars he ordered these to be broken and set in cement on top of the wall. This was done and it was discovered what a costly mistake this was as he could have sold the bottles for a tidy sum as antiques."
Fay Banks, Wine Drinking in Oxford, 1640-1850, BAR British Series 257, 1997.