Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., Inc.
Live Auction

June 15, 2023: Americana - Glass

Thu, Jun 15, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 396

BB-1 AND BH-1 NEW ENGLAND GLASS PRESSED OPEN SALTS, LOT OF THREE

Estimate: $80 - $120
Sold for
$110.70
Sold Price includes BP

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BB-1 AND BH-1 NEW ENGLAND GLASS PRESSED OPEN SALTS, LOT OF THREE, comprising a colorless BB-1 and BH-1, and an opaque white BB-1, each with scallop-and-point rim. Rare and very rare. New England Glass Co. 1830-1840. 2" H, 2" x 3".
Neal, Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, pp. 16, 17.  Spillman, American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, p. 171, fig. 630.

Condition

Well above average condition. Opaque BB-1 with rim chip erasing one scallop and another chip/mold roughness to top of one corner, colorless with only a shallow chip to exterior of the rim not affecting the profile. BH-1 with only a chip to one corner of rim. Opaque example with typical network of discolored surface annealing lines to interior and some to exterior, all as made.

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Glass deaccessioned by the Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT. All proceeds will go toward the museum's Collections Acquisition Fund.
Ex-collection of James A. Warren, West Coxsackie, NY.