V1011.INVERTEDMALLET.M  Rare freeblown Northern English inverted onion/mallet form blackglass (mid olive green)c1730, overall glossy original crude bubbled surface with internal stain and sediment. Deep hummock kickup with wide sand pontil, rounded base edges outwards tapered marvered sides to round shoulders into short tapered neck through deep applied downtooled stringrim below everted snapped off firesmoothed lip. Striations and light whittling. Potstone to body side with two stress fractures approx 8mm. crude lup and stringrim with small chip to lip restored with resin. Overall good character and rare form variation. 7 1/2"high, 5 1/4"diameter   £sold