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2. English delftware - Wikipedia

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   English delftware pottery and its painted decoration is similar in many respects to that from Holland, but its peculiarly English quality has been commented upon: "... there is a relaxed tone and a sprightliness which is preserved throughout the history of English delftware; the overriding mood is provincial and naïve rather than urbane and sophisticated."

3. Bristol blue glass - Wikipedia

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   During the late 18th century Richard Champion, a Bristol merchant and potter, making Bristol porcelain, was working with a chemist, William Cookworthy. [1] Cookworthy began a search for good quality cobalt oxide to give the blue glaze decoration on the white porcelain and obtained exclusive import rights to all the cobalt oxide from the Royal Saxon Cobalt Works in Saxony. [2]

4. Glass onion - Wikipedia

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   This shape gradually evolved to be stouter with a broad base and short neck by the end of the 17th century, then became elongated during the onset of the 18th century. Onion bottles were dark green or brown from iron oxide found within the sand used to make them. The color was further darkened by the coal used to heat the furnaces, leaving the ...

5. The 12 Most Expensive Bottles of Wine Ever Sold

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   In 2011, a bottle of this 19th century vintage sold at a London auction for $117,000, setting a record for the most expensive bottle of white wine ever sold. Known as one of the greatest vintages ...

6. 35 bottles from the 18th century filled with cherries ... - AOL

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   The latest discovery comes after the recent find of two intact European-manufactured glass bottles, also from the 18th century, filled with liquid, cherries and pits in the same cellar, according ...

7. Hidden treasure: 18th-century bottles of cherries found in ...

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   Archaeologists working on a $40 million restoration of George Washington's home discovered dozens of glass bottles containing cherries and other berries in storage pits dug in the cellar of the ...