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

June 15, 2023: Americana - Glass

Thu, Jun 15, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 539

HEXAGONAL PRESSED OPEN SALTS, LOT OF FOUR

Estimate: $100 - $150
Sold for
$178.50
Sold Price includes BP

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$3,000 $250
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$100,000 $10,000

HEXAGONAL PRESSED OPEN SALTS, LOT OF FOUR, deep amethyst, deep fiery opalescent, peacock bue/teal, and bottle green, each urn-form with plain rim, raised on a conforming foot, one with rough pontil mark. New England and Midwestern. 1840-1870. 2 7/8" H, 3 1/8" to 3 1/2" DOA rims. 
Literature: Parallels Spillman, American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, p. 243, fig. 951.

Condition

Amethyst and opalescent examples near proof with only a single flake to each, teal example with only minute flaking/mold roughness, green example with moderate chipping and flaking to rim. 

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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.