W0901.MALLET1730.M   Classic freeblown English mallet wine bottle, blackglass (dark olive amber), c1740, deep hummock kickup with faint quatrefoil mollette mark and strong sand pontil. Sagged base, rounded base edge, straight marvered sides, with a distinct lean to rounded sloping shoulders ntp long tapering neck also leaning, through v section stringrim below everted snapped off and firesmoothed lip. full original surface gloss, twp faint horizontal rubbing lines to base and shoulder of little significance, two small nibble/flakes to underside of stringrim not obviously visible. excellent essentially and nice in the amber tint. 8"high, 5"diameter    £395