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

June 15, 2023: Americana - Glass

Thu, Jun 15, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 317

FREE-BLOWN DOLPHIN OR MERMAID PUNGENTS / SCENT BOTTLES, LOT OF TWO

Estimate: $100 - $150
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FREE-BLOWN DOLPHIN OR MERMAID PUNGENTS / SCENT BOTTLES, LOT OF TWO, colorless, one with alternating opaque white, opaque powder blue, and amethyst stripes, the other with alternating pairs of opaque white and amethyst stripes, each with applied rigaree to sides, sheared mouth, rough pontil scar on end. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. and others. 1826-1870. 2 3/8" and 2 3/4" H.
Literature: Parallels Barlow/Kaiser, The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 5, p. 92, fig. 5183; and McKearin/Wilson, Amerian Bottles & Flasks, pp. 370, 371, fig. 12.
 

Condition

Each with small loss to rigaree at ponitl scar, probably 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 Stanley B. and Phebe Pearsall Ineson, Manchester, VT.