• Utility
Lot 48

JOHN AMBROSE DATED 1720 ENGRAVED ENGLISH BLACK GLASS MAGNUM ONION / UTILITY BOTTLE

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
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JOHN AMBROSE DATED 1720 ENGRAVED ENGLISH BLACK GLASS MAGNUM ONION / UTILITY BOTTLE, medium-dark olive green/black, large magnum size, wide compressed "pancake" form with inwardly tapering neck and applied bladed ring/collar below the sheared and tooled mouth, kicked-up base with wide sand pontil mark. Diamond-point engraving to shoulder which reads "John Ambrofe / October * 27 / 1720" with the year underlined. Circa 1720. 8 3/8" H, 8" D widest point.
Literature: Parallels Van den Bossche - Antique Glass Bottles, p. 72, pl. 13, fig. 1.
Catalogue Note: The engraved year and date's significance are unknown, but a possible candidate for the bottle's owner is Rear Admiral John Ambrose, Esq. of London and Bath, England, who was born in 1700 and died in 1771. He served in the Royal Navy, being court martialed for allegedly demanding a bribe in 1744, but was acquitted by a jury of other captains who spoke highly of his general conduct. 

Condition

Very good condition overall with the exception of the mouth at front, where a deep 1" wide chip off the bladed collar results in a 3/4" crack extending diagonally upward towards a chipped rainbow bruise on the inside edge of the lip, having excellent original sheen to the surface.

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Glass Works Auctions, April 2018, lot 98.
Ex-collection of Dr. James Bruce.