Heraldry: The seal depicting a lion couchant surrounded by 5 crosses: crosslet on a shield, a right hand on a canton at top corner.
Item Date: 1685-1695
Measurement: Height: 6”
Material: Freeblown glass
Item Condition: Chips to the mouth and to the string rim, and one chip to the lower seal at 5 o'clock…otherwise very good including full gloss finish.
Literature: See David Burton’s book English Sealed Bottles and the families who owned them: pp. 1445 and 1446. Mr. Burton shows and discusses a detached seal, where it was recovered, and the Tynte family. He attributes it to Somerset and mentions a bottle, the description conforms to the one here shown, but he had not seen it and had limited details about it.
Price: $11,500
SKU 843-532
For More Information, Please Contact David Hillier at 978-597-8084 or email drh@aaawt.com.
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