A very rare sealed Shaft and Globe / Onion transitional wine bottle, circa 1675-85

A very rare sealed 'Shaft and Globe / Onion' transitional wine bottle, circa 1675-85 Of olive-green tint, the bulbous body with a tapering neck and prominent string rim, applied to the shoulder with a seal inscribed 'D B' with three cinquefoils, all within a lined border, with a shallow basal 'kick-up', 16.5cm high Footnotes: Provenance Charles and Barbara Robertson Collection, Combe Hay, Bath, Sotheby's, 16 December 2002 A C Hubbard Jr Collection Literature David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), p.902 The individual to which the initials relate has not been identified. 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