X0408.SLOPEDMALLHALF.M  Rare very appealing freeblown blackglass (dark olive green) halfsize squat mallet c1740 with unusual sloped shoulders swooping into tapering long striated neck going through very cride downtooled thick stringrim slipped below one side showing everted snapped off firesmoothed lip/ deep kickup with sand pontil and mollette mark, sagged base, straight side with leaning body. Full original surface gloss. one small burst bubble, generally striated with lots of foreign bodies inside neck . Great crude character and unusual variation small utility wine. 7 3/4"high, 3 1/2"diameter   £325