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“I was an active collector of old bottles in my youth and from there my knowledge grew from wheeling and dealing at all of Londons Antique markets like Bermondsey, Camden Lock, Covent Garden and Portobello Road.
Today, I have an eclectic knowledge of many antique collectable fields. This has helped me to form a wide range of private collections in the last 35 years or so.”
Laurence Cooper, the Purveyor
Latest find
Iridescent Golden Onion Bottle Petal Lip
£1,550
Extraordinary unique golden iridescent early onion bottle recently dug up in Sudbury Suffolk. Layers of colour and texture to the surface. Rarely does the patina speak to you but this one does and has the added bonus of a super rare scalloped petal string rim. It has been tooled by the glass blower when made with smooth edges and no doubt done to hold the cork in place for wire or string. Only one other 17th century bottle is known to exist like this. ( Full details available if required ). Height 5.5 inches. Minor flaking but no damage. English c 1685/90.