June 15, 2023: Americana - Glass
Thu, Jun 15, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 316
FREE-BLOWN DOLPHIN OR MERMAID PUNGENT / SCENT BOTTLE
Estimate: $100 - $150
Sold for
$276.75
Sold Price includes BP
Bid Increments
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| $0 | $10 |
| $200 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $30,000 | $2,500 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
FREE-BLOWN DOLPHIN OR MERMAID PUNGENT / SCENT BOTTLE, colorless with opaque white stripes, applied cobalt blue rigaree to sides, sheared mouth, rough pontil scar on end. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. and others. 1826-1870. 2 1/2" H.
Literature: Barlow/Kaiser, The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 5, p. 92, fig. 5184. McKearin/Wilson, Amerian Bottles & Flasks, pp. 370, 371, fig. 11.
Catalogue Note: Barlow and Kaiser note that "on very rare occasions, a heavy trail of blue was applied to the body."
Condition
Undamaged, some very light interior dirt/residue.
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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 Stanley B. and Phebe Pearsall Ineson, Manchester, VT.
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