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Auction 73 Online Catalog
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"Cannon/A/Little/More/Grape/Capt.Bragg" Historical Flask,
Baltimore Glass Works, Baltimore, Maryland. 1840-1860. Brilliant apricot, sheared mouth on a particularly long neck - pontil scar, half pint; (pinpoint chip from the top of the crudely sheared mouth, weak embossing).
GX-6
Beautiful brilliant medium color.
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Estimate $600-1200
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"S.Fine/Blk.Ink" Bottle,
America. 1840-1860. Cylindrical, yellowish green, inward rolled mouth - pontil scar, ht. 2 7/8 inches.
C#193
Brilliant, beautiful, perfect example.
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Estimate $500-1000
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Blown Three Mold Decanter,
Boston and Sandwich Glass Works, Sandwich, Massachusetts. 1820-1840. Bulbous with three large "Sandwich Star" patterns, very pale greyish green, inward rolled flared mouth - pontil scar, quart.
GV-10
A rare mold and different in this very pale color.
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Estimate $400-800
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"Dr. Soule's/Hop Bitterine/1872" Bottle,
1860-1880. Square modified cabin form with indented panels, brilliant topaz, applied sloping collared mouth with ring - smooth base, ht. 9 3/8 inches; (some minor interior haze and a pinpoint flake at the top of the mouth and at one corner near base).
R/H#144.5
Extremely rare color in the rarest of the Dr. Soules bottles.
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Estimate $750-1500
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Fancy Cathedral Pickle Jar,
Willington Glass Works, West Willington, Connecticut. 1840-1860. Square with fancy cathedral arches on three panels, brilliant aquamarine, outward rolled mouth - huge tubular pontil scar, ht. 7 1/2 inches.
Similar to MW plate 73 #4
Fine example with a most unusual open pontil scar.
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Estimate $1250-2500
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Freeblown Sugar Bowl,
probably early Pittsburgh district, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1820-1850. Cylindrical bowl with a wide galleried rim and matching domed cover, applied knopf stem with applied circular base, cobalt blue, sheared rim - pontil scar, overall ht. 7 inches.
A handsome form. A fine early bowl in perfect condition.
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Estimate $1500-3000
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Cologne Bottle,
America. 1840-1860. Rectangular with two recessed label panels, brilliant medium green, sheared mouth with applied ring - pontil scar, ht. 6 inches, wdth. 2 5/8 inches.
A beautiful cologne bottle, brilliant rare color.
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Estimate $500-1000
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Blown Three Mold Decanter,
Kent Glass Works, Kent, Ohio. 1820-1840. Modified beehive form, aquamarine, flared mouth - pontil scar, pint, ht. 7 1/4 inches; (a 1/4 inch bubble burst in the upper diamond pattern and one in the vertical ribbing, hard to see 3/8 inch spider crack in the upper diamond pattern).
GII-6
Rare mold, good color.
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Estimate $750-1500
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"I/Hubbard" Applied Seal Wine Bottle,
England. 1820-1840. Cylindrical, yellow olive, applied sloping collared mouth with ring - pontil scar, ht. 10 1/2 inches.
Wonderful condition. Strongly embossed large seal.
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Estimate $400-800
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Atterbury Figural Duck Bottle With Whimsical Embellishment,
base embossed "Patd April llth, 1871", Atterbury & Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1870-1880. In the form of a duck swallowing a bottleneck and a label panel on the breast, milk glass with whimsical raspberry red looped decoration on the entire exterior of the bottle, ground mouth - smooth base, ht. 11 1/2 inches; (manufacturer's glass separation near base).
The best possible example of an Atterbury Duck bottle.
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Estimate $1500-3000
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Fancy Cathedral Pickle Jar,
Willington Glass Works, West Willington, Connecticut. 1845-1860. Square with fancy cathedral arches on three panels, brilliant bluish aquamarine, outward rolled mouth - iron pontil mark, ht. 11 1/2 inches.
Style similar to MW plate 73 #4
Beautiful clean example, brilliant color.
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Estimate $800-1600
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"Dr. Phelps/Arcanum/Genuine" Medicine Bottle,
America. 1830-1850. Hexagonal, dense olive amber, applied sloping collared mouth - tubular pontil scar, ht. 8 1/8 inches, greatest dia. 3 3/4 inches; (a 7/16 inch chip on the side of the sloping collared mouth, the rest of the bottle appears to be perfect.).
A number of these wonderful early medicine bottles were found in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts many years ago by Mr. Henry Harlow, a long time employee at Skinner's Auction Gallery, in a house that was to be destroyed. He donated numerous of the more common Phelps/Arcanum bottles to the Old Sturbridge Village Museum. He told Norman Heckler that he salvaged six of the earlier, rarer items, but that the others were destroyed when the house was razed.
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Estimate $7,500-15,000
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