A rare sealed wine bottle, circa 1730-35Of long-necked 'Mallet' form un pale olive-green glass, the wide straight-sided body with a long tapering neck trailed with a prominent string rim, applied just below the shoulder with a circular seal inscribed 'I/ Burton/ NC', with a deep circular basal 'kick-up', 20cm highFootnotesProvenance David Burton Collection Literature David Burton Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), p.1058 The identity of I or J Burton is unclear, but a possible Yorkshire connection has been suggested. The significance of the initials 'NC' is also unknown, but Burton suggests that they could relate to a town or village. This is the only bottle recorded bearing this seal.
A rare sealed wine bottle, circa 1730-35Of long-necked 'Mallet' form un pale olive-green glass, the wide straight-sided body with a long tapering neck trailed with a prominent string rim, applied just below the shoulder with a circular seal inscribed 'I/ Burton/ NC', with a deep circular basal 'kick-up', 20cm highFootnotesProvenance David Burton Collection Literature David Burton Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), p.1058 The identity of I or J Burton is unclear, but a possible Yorkshire connection has been suggested. The significance of the initials 'NC' is also unknown, but Burton suggests that they could relate to a town or village. This is the only bottle recorded bearing this seal.
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