W1011S.WCGZEALSSEAL.M   Classic freeblown English blackglass (dark olive green) wine cylinder c1770 sealed mid body, large seal with "WCG/Zeals" in serif caps and lower case. William Chaffin Grove was a Lawyer and politician in Wiltshire, sat in House of Commons from 1768 to 1781 See Burton p1094. Deep humock kickup with rough sand pontil, sagged base, straight sides to round shoulders, lean to body, long tapering neck going through tooled undulating bold stringrim well under everted snapped off firesmoothed lip. Near full original surface gloss, a couple light scratches otherwise excellent. Some detritus (newspaper) from cellar loosely attached to outside would wash off.  11 1/4" high, 3 3/4"diameter   £285