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Glass / Re: Linen Smoother 1840 or 16th / 17th century - Gribdae Farm Kirkudbright
« Last post by flying free on Today at 12:26:05 AM »Possibly another tenuous link however I decided to look at 18th century black glass bottles to see if I could see a link and quite bizarrely the second link I clicked on as an 'ooh that looks vaguely similar' mentioned Kirkcudbright!
Bonhams description says (my bolding):
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'A sealed onion wine bottle, dated 1745
Of dark-green tint, the compressed globular form with a short tapering neck applied with a wide string rim, applied on the shoulder with a moulded seal inscribed 'W Stinton 1745' within a circular solid-line border, kick-in base, 18.5cm high, 16cm diameter (small chip to seal)
Footnotes
Another example of this rare bottle with an identical seal is recorded by David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles, Vol. 2 (2015), p. 626 with a note that it was discovered in an antique shop in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland (see British Bottle Review no. 34 (1987), p. 25). This or possibly another specimen is illustrated by Willy van den Bossche, Antique Glass Bottles (2001), p. 94, pl. 42. Burton notes that the date 1745 is unusually late for an onion shaped bottle.'
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/22839/lot/22/a-sealed-onion-wine-bottle-dated-1745/
The thing is my 'linen smoother' is completely very shiny black, not even a hint of green/olive green to the eye. I had to get someone else to hold it over and close to/right on the bulb of a very strong light to get that smallest part of show through to photograph. I know it's solid v a sealed glass bottle but that bottle is double walled to the eye and described as 'dark green tint'. My linen smoother couldn't be described as dark green tint at all.
Bonhams description says (my bolding):
Quote
'A sealed onion wine bottle, dated 1745
Of dark-green tint, the compressed globular form with a short tapering neck applied with a wide string rim, applied on the shoulder with a moulded seal inscribed 'W Stinton 1745' within a circular solid-line border, kick-in base, 18.5cm high, 16cm diameter (small chip to seal)
Footnotes
Another example of this rare bottle with an identical seal is recorded by David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles, Vol. 2 (2015), p. 626 with a note that it was discovered in an antique shop in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland (see British Bottle Review no. 34 (1987), p. 25). This or possibly another specimen is illustrated by Willy van den Bossche, Antique Glass Bottles (2001), p. 94, pl. 42. Burton notes that the date 1745 is unusually late for an onion shaped bottle.'
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/22839/lot/22/a-sealed-onion-wine-bottle-dated-1745/
The thing is my 'linen smoother' is completely very shiny black, not even a hint of green/olive green to the eye. I had to get someone else to hold it over and close to/right on the bulb of a very strong light to get that smallest part of show through to photograph. I know it's solid v a sealed glass bottle but that bottle is double walled to the eye and described as 'dark green tint'. My linen smoother couldn't be described as dark green tint at all.