One of my precious few dated seals. Dutch/Belgium sealed wine bottle, dark olive green glass, long straight neck with low shoulders, seal "CON, STANTIA, WYN, 1835", blowpipe pontil scar. This wine was named after Constance the wife of the Dutch Governor Simon Van der Stel (died in 1712) in South Africa, who possessed vineyards at the Cape from c. 1680 onwards.
posted by David R Ednie @ 7:03 pm
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"Two of a Kind". Here are two "Chateau Chalon" French wine seal bottles. The one on the right was a Christmas present from my wife Anne. She found at a flea market in Paris. Yeah Anne! It is a typical light olive green glass colour for this period. The one on the left, was a gift from Frederique & Richard, is similar but is different. It is a darker, mid green colour and is a heavier bottle. Possibly coming from two different glass works. The seals appear to be identical with the only differences being - the seal on the left is extremely well stuck and has excellent definition, the seal on the right is more generous with a larger and more uniform outside lip.
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This is a rare find. It is believed to be of Scottish origin, probably Alloa bottle c. 1830s. It has fully spherical body, shaped lady's leg neck and 2 part tapered applied lip and a flat scar pontil base. The body has etched on to it an emblem of the Masonic lodge ? and "JOHN & AGNES COWIE"
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This is a Haut - Brion French Bordeaux wine bottle, light green glass, spun pontil, round seal 'HAUT - BRION' with a bunch of grapes in the center and a thumb smear on right hand side. c. 1850's. It has the characteristic Haut - Brion shape of slopping shoulders and is visibly wider at the shoulder than at the base. Acquired in Florida, USA. A treasure.
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French Bordeaux dated seal wine bottle. Dark green glass, spun pontil, large round seal 'LAFITE - 1887'. I bought this one from a specialist dealer and collector in the UK in 1997.
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French Bordeaux, flat string-rim lip, mid olive green glass, spun pontil, large oval seal 'VE. BACHELOT CANTENAC MEDOC'. This bottle came into my possession at a Bottle Fair in Tampa Florida in 1998. I was visiting my brother-in-law and friend Antoine and we stopped in at the Fair. I came away with 3 French wine seal bottles which are believed to have been found in the Mobile/New Orleans area.
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Signed Bordeaux Seal. "One of a Kind". French Bordeaux wine bottle, mid-olive green, high flat applied lip, with large oval seal "J. H. D. BECKER FILS - 'signature' - BORDEAUX". I bought this one back from Melbourne, Australia in May, 2005. It was 'dug' in a building site in City Rd. South Melbourne by an experienced and long time bottle collector and 'digger'. The bottle has sent the last 150+ years in the ground on the other side of the globe and now it is Paris back in its country of origin some 150 years latter. I love a story with a happy ending...
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Seek and you shall find. And what an exceptional find it was. Went down to Bordeaux hoping to find a few nice antique bottles to add to my collection. Well you know sometimes you're lucky and sometimes you are very lucky. By the way did you know that luck stands for Laboring Under Correct Knowledge. Yes, and I had lots of luck and came back to Paris with this little baby. "Grand Vin, Chateau Margaux, Finke & Cie, 1858". Thank you Claude and Gunvor.
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David R Ednie is President and CEO of SalesChannel Europe SARL. He is acknowledged as an expert in Business Execution, Sales Performance Motivation and International Sales Channels. David has over 20 years international business experience working in culturally diverse markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Central and Eastern Europe and Australia. Clients include: AustralianSuper, Bombardier Transportation Services, Bouygues Telecom, Datastream (Infor), DowJones, EDF, GL Trade (Sungard), GMAC Financial Services, Indec Consulting, MCI Group, Microsoft EMEA, Netcentrex (Comverse), Orange Group, Orange Business Services, RBS Factor, Sercel, Tieto France and Unilog LogicaCMG. Prior to founding SalesChannel Europe David worked in a variety of Senior Executive roles in High Tech – IT and Telecommunications for US, British and French companies, including NTT/Verio, Genuity, Integra, British Telecom, Data General. SalesChannel Europe works with and coaches Executive Management and Sales Teams how to develop strategies and business skills that deliver sustainable performance improvements. David is an Australian national and has lived in Paris, France for the past 20 years.
