A very rare sealed half size Onion wine bottle, dated 1725

A very rare sealed half size 'Onion' wine bottle, dated 1725 Of olive-green tint, the bulbous body with a medium tapering neck and applied string rim, applied to the shoulder with a seal inscribed 'T/ Tipper/ 1725', with a deep basal 'kick-up', 14.5cm high Footnotes: Provenance With Neil Willcox, 16 May 2001 A C Hubbard Jr Collection Literature David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), p.616 The family to which the seal relates has not been identified, but no other bottles with this seal would appear to be recorded in the literature. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com