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25 Umbrella Ink Bottle, America. 1840-1860. Octagonal umbrella form, yellow green with an olive tone, inward rolled mouth - pontil scar, ht. 2 1/4 inches, greatest dia. 2 1/2 inches; (pinhead sized flake on one base corner).
Form similar to C# 133    Unusual color.

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Estimate $300-600

26 "Lafayette" - Liberty Cap Portrait Flask, Coventry Glass Works, Coventry, Connecticut. 1824-1825. Bubbly aquamarine with small amber striations in the neck and shoulder, sheared mouth - pontil scar, half pint; (1/4 inch flat flake at one base corner below the medial ribs and into the double ringed base, a manufacturer's 3/8 inch fissure in the neck following the amber striation located there).
GI-86    With perhaps two or three examples known, this great rarity in Coventry glass because of it's unusual color is highly desirable to collectors.

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Estimate $5000-10000

27 "Neal's Ambrosia / Whiskey / Philada" Sealed Whiskey Bottle, America. 1860-1870. Cylindrical with applied seal, cobalt blue, applied sloping collared mouth with ring - smooth base, ht. 9 1/4 inches, dia. 4 1/8 inches; (some very minor interior haze and some very minor exterior wear).
A fine, early American seal in a great color and good condition.

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Estimate $2000-4000

28 Horeseman - Hound Pictorial Flask, probably Baltimore Glass Works, Baltimore, Maryland. 1860-1870. Citron, applied double collared mouth - smooth base, pint; (1/4 inch shallow flake on the underside of the base near the perimeter of the bottle, some minor exterior highpoint wear).
GXIII-17    Fine color, most unusual for this bottle.

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Estimate $400-800

29 "Carters / Spanish / Mixture" Medicine Bottle, probably Baltimore Glass Works, Baltimore, Maryland. 1840-1860. Cylindrical, forest green, applied sloping collared mouth with ring - open pontil scar, ht. 8 inches, dia. 3 3/8 inches.
N# 108    A particularly fine example with great color and full front and back labels. Labels are about 99% intact, though somewhat stained. Though most of these examples have an iron pontil, this example has .

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Estimate $1000-2000

30 Freeblown Compote or Open Sugar Bowl, probably an early Pittsburgh glasshouse, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1840-1860. Cylindrical deep bowl with applied inward rolled pedestal base, amethyst, sheared rim - tubular pontil scar, ht. 4 inches, dia. 4 1/4 inches; (some minor exterior and interior wear).
Beautiful color. Fine condition.

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Estimate $500-1000

31 "Dr. Townsend's / Sarsaparilla / Albany / NY" Medicine Bottle, America. 1845-1860. Square with beveled corners, bright green, applied sloping collared mouth - iron pontil mark, ht. 9 3/8 inches.
Similar to D# 207    This variant has the small lettering. Crisp embossing, brilliant glass, a fine example.

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Estimate $250-500

32 Early Scent Bottle, possibly early Pittsburgh district, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1820-1840. Ovoid with feathers and fern pattern, deep teal green, inward rolled mouth - pontil scar, ht. 2 3/8 inches; (two hairline form fissures in the neck starting at the top of the mouth, the longest being 3/16 inches).
Similar form and design to MW plate 104 #6    A beautiful color. Extremely rare motif.

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Estimate $200-400

33 "Potter & Bodine's / Air - Tight Fruit Jar / Philada." - "Patented / April 13th 1858 (in two lines)" Fruit Jar, America. 1840-1860. Cylindrical barrel form, brilliant aquamarine, one-piece wax seal groove - pontil scar, quart.
L# 2386    A fine, bright, early fruit jar from the same store attic as lot #1.

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Estimate $1000-2000

34 Pitkin Type Flask, ribbed and swirled to left, thirty six ribs, Midwest America. 1810-1830. Brilliant root beer amber, sheared mouth - pontil scar, ht. 6 1/8 inches, greatest wdth. 4 3/4 inches.
Similar in form to MW plate 89 #7    A great rarity in a Midwestern flask in a pure amber which usually only occurs in those that are more of a clock face form, similar to MW color plate IV. This example has a different form and sloping .

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Estimate $750-1500

35 Two Spirits Type Bottles, "A. M. Bininger & Co. / No. 19 Broad St. N.Y. / Old London Dock / Gin" and "Udolpho Wolfe's / Schiedam / Aromatic / Schnapps", America. 1845-1870. Square with beveled corners, golden amber and yellow amber, applied sloping collared mouths - smooth base and iron pontil mark, hts. 9 3/4 inches.
Two clean, strongly embossed, virtually perfect bottles.

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Estimate $250-500

36 Pattern Molded Sugar Bowl, ribbed and swirled to the right, sixteen ribs, probably early Pittsburgh district, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1820-1850. Flared bowl with tooled rim - foot from the same gather, colorless with a sapphire blue outward rolled rim, tooled - pontil scar, ht. 3 3/8 inches, greatest dia. 5 inches.
A beautiful, early bowl. Lightweight and crisp in both design and color. Ex. Lawrence Bomberger collection.

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Estimate $750-1500

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