English Squat Cylinder Bottle with Applied Seal circa. 1780

Origin: English

Colour: Olive Green

Dimensions: Height 8.75in Width 4.0in

Lip: Applied string rim

Base: Kick-up with rough disc pontil scar

Source: England

Condition: Good. Cellar found condition with glossy surface and base wear consistent with the bottle's age. A 2-inch diagonal stress crack in the foot of the bottle. Internal lip chapping that's consistent with freeblown bottles. No other chips or cracks.

Special features: Well-struck seal of an embowed arm and sceptre attributed to the Bickford family of North Devon. See Roger Dumbrell, Understanding Antique Wine Bottles, Antique Collectors' Club, 1983, see page 198 plate 116.

Seal: Initials G.B. below an embowed arm and sceptre