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Lot 124

A set of three 'Bristol blue' spirit bottles in a wooden coaster, late eighteenth century

18 May 2016, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£800 - £1,200

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A set of three 'Bristol blue' spirit bottles in a wooden coaster, late eighteenth century

The bottles of hexagonal shape with three neck rings, with replacement pointed stoppers, the largest bottle 27cm high, contained in a mahogany-veneered travelling stand with inlaid stringing borders and a single drawer below, set with a shield-shaped silver plaque engraved with cipher EF, 24cm wide (some restoration to the stand, which probably included an upper section) (7)

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Provenance:
Harveys Wine Museum, Bristol, sold by Bonhams 1 October 2003, lot 254
From the Estate of Christopher Sheppard

Illustrated by Andy McConnell, The Decanter (2004), p.193, pl.270.

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