Watson Family Sealed Wine Bottle c1775

Description

Heading : Watson Family Sealed Wine Bottle – Bilton Park Estate. Yorkshire
Date : 18th century – later than 1742
Period : Georgian
Origin : England 
Colour : dark olive green
Neck :  short. under tapered string rim
Body : Squashed cylinder. seal marked I – WATSON Esqr – BILTON HALL
Base : Basal kick up with sand pontil scar
Glass Type : Lead.
Size :  26cm high; 12cm base at widest point. 11.2cm at narrowest
Condition : Tiny nibble to rim; manufacturing mould mark to neck and 90mm annealing crack which in no way impairs the functionality of the bottle; 
Restoration : None 
Weight : 2435  grams

Bilton Hall near Harrogate passed to the Watson family when purchased by John – a solicitor from Malton – in 1742. He married Hannah Bagwith. and had four daughters (Elizabeth. Jane. Hannah and Mary) and two sons – John and George. the latter of whom became a Captain. married Clementina Kennedy and is shown in this painting: 

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