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Lot 17

A very rare sealed half size 'Onion' wine bottle, dated 1700

19 November 2025, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£1,500 - £2,000

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A very rare sealed half size 'Onion' wine bottle, dated 1700

Of olive-green tint, the bulbous body with a short tapering neck and string rim, applied to the shoulder with a seal inscribed '*/ D R/ 1700' with scrollwork flourishes, with a deep basal 'kick-up', 13.4cm high

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Provenance
Phillips, 18 June 1997, lot 1 (part)
With Neil Willcox, 9 October 2001
A C Hubbard Jr Collection, Bonhams, 20 June 2023, lot 13
Chris Crabtree Collection

Literature
David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), p.532

The individual to which the initials relate has not been identified, but no other bottles with this seal would appear to be recorded.

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