earlyglasscollector
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Sorry, it's not a mallet. A mallet would be anything between 1720-1760 and needs a wide body not much taller than the neck length. The term mallet comes from the stonemason's and early woodcarver's mallets which are a distinctive shape, with a generally tapering body side as well. This term is frequently mistakenly used for any vaguely cylindrical bottle.What you have is a Dutch or Belgian "ladies leg" long necked wine c1760-1780. They seem to have been used for a variety of wines but Constantia wine was a particular favourite, from South Africa (Dutch colony). A very few are sealed. usually two sizes, yours is the full size. The necks can be exageratedly bulged in the middle, particularly the earler ones, the later ones tended to have more cylindrical necks without the bulge. Value usually a little under $100 for good condition, but morefor a good bulge! www.earlyglass.com