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Auction archive: Lot number 85

An English wine bottle c.1720

Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$271 - US$407
Price realised:
£420
ca. US$570
Auction archive: Lot number 85

An English wine bottle c.1720

Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$271 - US$407
Price realised:
£420
ca. US$570
Beschreibung:

An English wine bottle c.1720, of small mallet form, with tapering neck, string rim and kick-in base, 16.2cm. Provenance: disinterred in Eastcott, near Devizes in 2013. The bottle is sealed with a cork and the contents suggest it was deliberately buried and used as a witches bottle to guard against evil spirits.

Auction archive: Lot number 85
Auction:
Datum:
2 May 2018
Auction house:
Woolley and Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd
Castle Street 51-61
Salisbury Wiltshire, SP1 3SU
United Kingdom
enquiries@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
+44 (0)1722 424500
+44 (0)1722 424508
Beschreibung:

An English wine bottle c.1720, of small mallet form, with tapering neck, string rim and kick-in base, 16.2cm. Provenance: disinterred in Eastcott, near Devizes in 2013. The bottle is sealed with a cork and the contents suggest it was deliberately buried and used as a witches bottle to guard against evil spirits.

Auction archive: Lot number 85
Auction:
Datum:
2 May 2018
Auction house:
Woolley and Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd
Castle Street 51-61
Salisbury Wiltshire, SP1 3SU
United Kingdom
enquiries@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
+44 (0)1722 424500
+44 (0)1722 424508
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