damaged but still pretty darn cool...

[AntiqueMeds]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE18THc-BRITISH-BEAUME-DE-VIE-BY-THE-KINGS-PATENT-SQUAT-GLOBULAR-BOTTLE-/180977472295?pt=UK_Collectables_Bottle_Pots_ET&hash=item2a23191327

 

[AntiqueMeds]

I'm thinking this MAY not be an iron mold???
Could it be a wood or ceramic mold?

 

[kungfufighter]

Not one I am familiar with. Very cool.

 

[deepbluedigger]

Beaume de Vie. Patented in England 1760s, bottles in this style used for several decades after that date, into probably the mid-19th century. Usually turn up with lip damage (often have very wide very fragile flared lips). I only know of half a dozen perfect examples (including a couple with labels and contents), but there are quite a few damaged ones out there. Even so, they hardly ever come up for sale. No idea where this one will go.

 

[cowseatmaize]

Thanks for coming Jerry. I was looking around and wondering. Which and who's King? Balm of Life seamed popular usage back then. Where was Le Lievre in all of this? Same product or was there a French version. Perhaps a crossover after the French revolution.
I may buy THIS.

 

[deepbluedigger]

I get lazy sometimes, and go a week or two looking at the forum without signing in. Which means that I don't get to see stuff in this section.

The 'King's Patent' in this case was granted (sold) by the King of England, George III.

So far as I know Le Lievre wasn't involved in this one. It was patented by three Londoners: John Hopkins, Thomas Beckett, and Christopher Henderson, ten or fifteen years before Loius XVI lost his head.

 

[deepbluedigger]

£150 ($240 or so). About right with the damage.

 

[AntiqueMeds]

Louis could have used some balm of life...[]

So what are your thoughts on the mold type for that bottle?
The embossing reminds me of some modern attempts people made with ceramic/wood molds.
I suppose it could just be poorly blown in an iron or brass mold.

 

[deepbluedigger]

Really, I'm not sure. Those bottles were manufactured over a long period, so perhaps blown into an old mold? I've got a photo of one in VGC somewhere that I'll post here for comparison in the next day or two.