Auction # 35 Closing Wednesday - June 1st, 2016 at 10:00 PM EDT Catalog Lot 1
Auction Local Time: Jan 26, 2025 01:36:26 EST
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UNIQUE WINE COLORED LILY PAD BOWL
2 7/8"h., rich deep wine color, footed bowl, deep circular bowl with narrow flaring folded rim and curving at bottom to applied sloping circular crimped foot; lily pad type 1 on bowl, pontil scar; South Jersey type; probably early 19th century, c. 1838-1850, possibly made at a Philadelphia Pa. bottle factory like Dyottville where Historical Flasks in the identical color were produced; exceptional condition. Pictured on Plate 17 in American Glass, by George McKearin, no.2; McKearin stated that, "The little wine colored bowl, no. 2, is the only piece in this color which we have ever seen with the Lily Pad decoration." The bowl surfaced in 1940, in the collection of Frederick Gatson, published by Parke Bernett, lot 405. Helen McKearin cataloged the collection for Parke Bernett and described the piece as follows: "Unique Small Lily Pad Footed Bowl, of rich wine colored glass similar in color to some of the rare historical flasks, beautifully formed hand-blown piece, said to have been blown in one of the South Jersey bottle factories." Sold in 1993 at Garths Auction, "The Alberta Patterson Collection" lot 141; presently in the private collection of a gentleman, where it has been cherished these past thirty three years or so. This is the only piece of early American free blown glass made from exotic claret wine colored bottle glass. When the bowl is exposed to direct light it explodes into a jewel- like ruby claret, it is amazing!! (See Photo.) Best possible form, proportions, color & condition; one of the rarest colored lily pad pieces known, this is a masterpiece of American bottle Glass.
