Early Blown "Comet Wine" Bottle

Early Blown "Comet Wine" Bottle, France, c. 1811, tall olive green bottle with straight sides and tooled mouth, high kick up, the shoulder with an applied seal depicting a star with a comet trail, laid paper label below reads "Vieux Cognac/1811," ht. 12 3/4 in.

Note: The Great Comet of 1811 was visible for an unusually long time, approximately 260 days. Its existence was recorded by a wide variety of astronomers and literary figures. 1811 was, coincidentally, a particularly good year for wine and merchants marketed "Comet Wine" for several years afterwards in recognition of the remarkable astronomical event.