Black Glass Seal Bottle - Middle Temple with Lamb Start Price USD 90.00 Current Price USD 90.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 125.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, October 04, 2008 End Time Thursday, October 09, 2008 Location North East See more about 'Black Glass Seal Bottle - Middle Temple with Lamb' Description Great early bottle with a wonderful history to it, everything from Masonic to Shakespear.  This bottle is 10 1/2 inches high dark olive green in color, has a sand pontil and is in great shape with no chips cracks or wacks.  Yes it is period and it is NOT a repro piece.  These seals are getting tougher to come be as the years move on.  I have had this for a numer of years now and its time to move it along for someone else to enjoy.  The piece has not been cleaned and remnaints of the port wine is still on the inner walls of the bottle.  A bit of history about the Middle Temple can be found below, from Wikipedia.  Please email me any questions.  Winner to pay $7 S&H via USPS Priority Mail.  Note, I only accept PayPal or US Money Orders.                                                                                                NOTE -- PLEASE NO INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS   The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers; the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn. It is near the Royal Courts of Justice, within the City of London. In the 13th century, the Inns of Court originated as hostels and schools for student lawyers. The Middle Temple is the western part of "The Temple", the headquarters of the Knights Templar until they were dissolved in 1312; the awe-inspiring Temple Church still stands as a "peculiar" (extra-diocesan) church of the Inner and Middle Temples. There has never been an "Outer Temple", apart from a modern office block of that name - an order of 1337 refers to repairing the lane "through the middle of the Court of the Temple", which became known as Middle Temple Lane and probably gave its name to the Inn. Middle Temple Hall is at the heart of the Inn, and the Inn's student barristers are required to dine there for a minimum number of nights for several terms. The dinners are sometimes followed by lectures or debates. It is said that Shakespeare's Twelfth Night was first presented in Middle Temple Hall. The Inns stopped being responsible for legal education in 1852, although they continue to provide supplementary training in areas such as advocacy and ethics for students, pupil barristers and newly-qualified barristers. Most of the Inn is occupied by barristers' offices, known as "chambers". One of the Middle Temple's main functions now is to provide support for new members to the profession. This is done through the provisions of scholarships (£1 million in 2005), subsidised accommodation both in the Temple and in Clapham [1], and by providing events where junior members may meet their more senior colleagues for help and advice. Middle Temple Hall is also a popular venue for banqueting, weddings, receptions and parties. In recent years it has become a much-used film location - the cobbled streets, historic buildings and gas lighting give it a unique atmosphere. Middle Temple is also one of the few remaining liberties, an old name for a geographic division. Inner Temple is another Place a Bid!