Glass from the past for an expert in his field...

THE best bottle ever dug? This was the question that auctioneer Alan Blakeman of BBR was asking himself after an extraordinary price was tendered by an American collector at the Elsecar salerooms on July 9 for this early shaft and globe example.


The fortunate manner in which this 17th century beverage bottle was discovered would inspire jealou…

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