Lot
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1. "GENERAL WASHINGTON" / BUST OF WASHINGTON - EAGLE, (GI-2), Pittsburgh District Glass Works, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ca. 1825 - 1840, greenish aqua pint, open pontil, sheared and tooled lip.
Overall moderate to heavy external stain, and a 1/8" chip is off the top of the lip.
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| 0 | $ 200 * |
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2. "FELLS" / BUST OF WASHINGTON / "POINT" - MONUMENT / "BALTO.", (GI-20), Baltimore Glass Works, Baltimore, Maryland, ca. 1830 - 1840, greenish aqua pint, open pontil, sheared and tooled lip.
About perfect (a spot of wear is on the monument).
Extremely bold impression, (which can be weak on this mould) even the 'Fells', 'Point' and 'Balto' embossing stands out!
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| 0 | $ 180 * |
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3. "BRIDGETON NEW JERSEY" / BUST OF WASHINGTON - "BRIDGETON NEW JERSEY" / BUST OF CLAY, (GI-25), Bridgeton Glass Works, Bridgeton, New Jersey, ca. 1825 - 1835, aqua quart, open pontil, sheared and tooled lip.
Some light inside stain and a few spots of wear.
Great impression and loaded with white sand grain impurities giving the appearance of snow.
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| 0 | $ 150 * |
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4. "WASHINGTON" / BUST OF WASHINGTON - "JACKSON" / BUST OF JACKSON, (GI-31), Keene Glass Works, Keene, New Hampshire, ca. 1825 - 1835, deep olive-green pint, open pontil, sheared and tooled lip.
Some areas of wear are mostly on the bust of Washington. A tiny flake is off a tip at the base. Very crude 'bubbly' glass.
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| 0 | $ 90 * |
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5. "WASHINGTON" / BUST OF WASHINGTON - "JACKSON" / BUST OF JACKSON, (GI-31), Keene Glass Works, Keene, New Hampshire, ca. 1830 - 1840, deep yellowish "old" amber pint, pontil scarred base, sheared and tooled lip.
A potstone on Jackson's shoulder has a 1/4" cooling radiation surrounding it. With the exception of this in-making flaw this is a fine example.
Extremely bold impression and full of tiny air bubbles.
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| 0 | $ 90 * |
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6. BUST OF WASHINGTON - TREE, (GI-35), American, ca. 1855 - 1865, aqua calabash, open pontil, applied tapered collar mouth.
About perfect. A paper-thin internal bubble has some edge discoloration.
Not an easy one to find!
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| 0 | $ 80 * |
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7. "THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY" / BUST OF WASHINGTON - "GEN. TAYLOR NEVER SURRENDERS" / BUST OF TAYLOR, (GI-39), Dyottville Glass Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ca. 1848 - 1855, medium blue green quart, large open pontil, sheared and tooled lip.
Some areas of wear and scattered scratches. A tiny flake is off the top of the lip. Ex. Seagram Glass Collection.
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| 0 | $ 150 * |
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8. BUST OF WASHINGTON - SHEAF OF GRAIN, (GI-57), Dyottville, Glass Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ca. 1848 - 1855, aqua quart, open pontil, applied "top hat" mouth.
A few light scattered scratches, otherwise in perfect condition.
One of the more difficult to obtain of the Dyottville, Bust of Washington flasks!
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| 0 | $ 90 * |
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9. "ZACHARY TAYLOR" / BUST OF TAYLOR / "ROUGH AND READY" - "CORN FOR THE WORLD" / CORN STALK, (GI-74), Baltimore, Glass Works, ca. 1835 - 1845, pale greenish aqua pint, open pontil, sheared and tooled lip.
A number of light scattered scratches and light stain is on the Corn For The World panel.
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| 0 | $ 150 * |
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10. EAGLE WITH BANNER / "UNION" - BUST OF GRANT, (GI-79), Midwestern, ca. 1865 - 1875, blush aqua pint, smooth base, applied ring mouth.
Some areas of light milky content stain, but no form of damage.
A scarce flask and the only one with the likeness of the Union General Ulysses S. Grant.
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| 0 | $ 70 * |
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11. "GENERAL LA FAYETTE" / BUST OF LAFAYETTE - EAGLE / "T.W.D.", (GI-91), Kensington Glass Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ca. 1824 - 1825, aqua pint, open pontil, sheared and tooled lip.
A 3/8" 'sliver type' chip is off a base corner. Also some slight internal haze.
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| 0 | $ 90 * |
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12. "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN" / BUST OF FRANKLIN - "WHERE LIBERTY DWELLS - THERE IS MY COUNTRY" - "T.W. DYOTT, M.D." / BUST OF DYOTT - "KENSINGTON GLASS WORKS, PHILADELPHIA", (GI-94), Kensington Glass Works, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, ca. 1825 - 1835, pale aqua pint, open pontil, sheared and tooled lip.
It appears that a shallow chip on the top of the lip may have been polished out. A clean 1/4" chip is off a corner at the base.
We auctioned this flask at the F.O.H.B.C. National Convention in Jacksonville, Florida, July 26th, 1997.
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| 0 | $ 120 * |
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13. "JENNY LIND" / BUST OF JENNY LIND - "KOSSUTH" / BUST OF KOSSUTH, (GI-100), American, ca. 1855 - 1865, aqua calabash, open pontil, applied double collar mouth.
About perfect (a tiny edge of collar flake).
You will see a lot of calabash flasks with Kossuth and with Jenny Lind, but rarely will you see the one with both likeness!
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| 0 | $ 80 * |
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14. "JENNY LIND" / BUST OF JENNY LIND - "KOSSUTH" / BUST OF KOSSUTH, (GI-100), American, ca. 1855 - 1865, aqua calabash, open pontil, applied double collar mouth.
It has a light overall content stain and tiny edge of lip chip.
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| 0 | $ 50 * |
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15. "JENNY LIND" / BUST OF JENNY LIND - "MILLFORA. G. WORK'S" / GLASS FACTORY, (GI-101), possibly Millford Glass Works, Millford, New Jersey, ca. 1855 - 1865, greenish aqua calabash, open pontil, applied tapered collar mouth.
Perfect condition with only a hint of wear.
A scarce flask, and with a unique single collar lip, not seen on any other calabash!
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| 0 | $ 120 * |
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16. "JENY LIND" / BUST OF JENNY LIND - GLASS FACTORY, (GI-104), Ravenna Glass Works, Ravenna, Ohio, ca. 1855 - 1865, light cornflower blue calabash, reddish iron pontil, applied double collar mouth.
About perfect.
Strong impression, nice cornflower color.
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| 0 | $ 250 * |
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17. "KOSSUTH" / BUST OF KOSSUTH - TREE, (GI-113), American, ca. 1851 - 1855, light green calabash, open pontil, applied double collar mouth.
About perfect.
Not a lot of color, but definitely not aqua.
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| 0 | $ 80 * |
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18. "KOSSUTH" / BUST OF KOSSUTH - TREE, (GI-113), American, ca. 1851 - 1855, light green calabash, open pontil has an in-making chip, applied double collar mouth.
Some scattered scratches and bust of Kossuth wear.
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| 0 | $ 70 * |
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19. (Lot of 2), BUST OF WASHINGTON / "WASHINGTON" - BUST OF TAYLOR / "G.Z. TAYLOR", BUST OF WASHINGTON - BUST OF TAYLOR, (GI-50 & 55), Dyottville Glass Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ca. 1848 - 1855, aqua light green pints, open pontils, applied tapered collar mouth and sheared and tooled lips.
Both have a few spots of wear but no form of damage.
The green pint doesn't have a lot of color, but has no trace of aqua!
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| 0 | $ 100 * |
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20. (Lot of 3), "THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY" / BUST OF WASHINGTON - "DYOTTVILLE GLASS WORKS PHILAD.A / GEN. TAYLOR NEVER SURRENDERS" / BUST OF TAYLOR, a "THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY" / BUST OF WASHINGTON - "A LITTLE MORE GRAPE CAPT. BRAGG" / BUST OF TAYLOR, and a BUST OF WASHINGTON - BUST OF TAYLOR, (GI-38, 42 & 54), Dyottville Glass Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ca. 1849 - 1855, aqua and light to medium green quarts and aqua pint, pontil scarred and smooth bases, applied mouths and a sheared and tooled lip.
The green flask has the upper part of the applied mouth ground down. The aqua quart has a 1/4" by 1/8" inside edge of lip bruise. The pint has a polished chip on the outer edge of the lip.
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| 0 | $ 90 * |
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21. EAGLE - CORNUCOPIA, (GII-6), Pittsburgh District Glass House, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ca. 1835 - 1845, greenish aqua pint, open pontil, sheared and tooled lip.
A very faint 3/8" hairline 'spider' crack is the Cornucopia panel near the side beads.
One of the more difficult to find of the popular Pittsburgh "beaded sided" flasks.
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| 0 | $ 70 * |
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22. EAGLE - EAGLE, (GII-24), Louisville Glass Works, Louisville, Kentucky, ca. 1835 - 1845, deep bluish aqua pint, open pontil, sheared and tooled lip.
It appears that the top of the lip has been slightly polished down, possibly to remove some roughness.
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| 0 | $ 50 * |
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23. EAGLE - EAGLE, (GII-26), Louisville Glass Works, Louisville, Kentucky, ca. 1835 - 1845, deep bluish aqua approaching teal in color quart, open pontil, sheared and tooled lip.
Excellent overall condition. Very bold impression and better than average shade of blue color.
One of the nicer ones.
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| 0 | $ 200 * |
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24. EAGLE / "T.W.D." - SAILING FRIGATE / "FRANKLIN", (GII-42), Kensington Glass Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ca. 1820 - 1825, pale greenish aqua pint, open pontil, sheared and tooled lip.
A pinhead in size flake is off the outer edge of the lip, otherwise in perfect condition, strong impression and almost no trace of wear.
The frigate Franklin was built in 1815 and was the first vessel to be built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
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| 0 | $ 200 * |
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25. "EAGLE / "T.W.D." - "E. PLURIBUS UNUM / ONE OF MANY" - CORNUCOPIA - "KENSINGTON GLASS / WORKS PHILADELPHIA", (GII-43), Kensington Glass Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ca. 1825 - 1835, aqua half-pint, open pontil, sheared and tooled lip.
Perfect condition, but some of the shoulder embossing is slightly weak, a common occurrence for this particular mould.
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| 0 | $ 150 * |
