V0402.MALLET.M   English blackglass (dark olive green)freeblown (dipmold) mallet shape wine bottle c1740, in overall very light silk matte surface, with some light scuffs and marks from waterwashing. Great character. Deep hummock kickup with rough sand pontil, sagged base, straight rippled sides, leaning body one side, rounded shoulders going into long tapering striated neck through applied downtooled stringrim below everted snapped off firesmoothed lip. One chip/sliver to stringrim otherwise good. Internal stain and residue. No other issues. 8"high, 5 1/8"diameter  £395