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May 22, 2025: Special Glass Auction: The Harris Collection

Thu, May 22, 2025 09:00AM EDT
  2025-05-22 09:00:00 2025-05-22 09:00:00 America/New_York Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates : May 22, 2025: Special Glass Auction: The Harris Collection https://live.jeffreysevans.com/auctions/jeffrey-evans/may-22-2025-special-glass-auction-the-harris-collection-19296
Harris collection of salt and pepper shakers.
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Lot 597

HEMINGRAY GLASS CO. "KNIGHTS OF LABOR" PRESSED FIGURAL ANVIL MATCH HOLDER / TOOTHPICK

Estimate: $100 - $200
Starting Bid
$50

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

HEMINGRAY GLASS CO. "KNIGHTS OF LABOR" PRESSED FIGURAL ANVIL MATCH HOLDER / TOOTHPICK, blue, in the form of a hollow blacksmith's anvil embossed "K OF L" on each flat side, resting on a tree stump base which is embossed "PAT APPLIED FOR" around the edge. Hemingray Glass Company, Covington, Kentucky. Fourth quarter 19th century. 3 1/4" H.
Literature: Parallels Sanford - Victorian Glass Novelties, p. 161, bottom left.
Catalogue Note: A very rare match holder or toothpick made for one of America's most famous labor unions, the Knights of Labor, by one of its most famous glass insulator manufacturers, the Hemingray Glass Co. The patent referred to is design patent no. 17143, which was granted to James C. Gill of Covington, KY on March 1st, 1887, and assigned to the Hemingray Glass Co. The patent's text suggests various possible uses for the piece: match-safe, inkstand, paperweight, etc. etc., and indeed it would perform any of these tasks admirably.

Condition

Generally very good condition having some flaking and roughness/shallow chips along mold seams around rim, some of it as made; but also having a wide and elongated shallow chip to top surface of the anvil's horn, extending across the whole horn but minimally affecting the side profile.

Provenance

The estate collection of Richard and Lesley Harris, Branchville, NJ.

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