Lot 39

PILLAR-MOLDED URN-FORM APOTHECARY OR SHOW JAR WITH COVER

Estimate: $200 - $300
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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

PILLAR-MOLDED URN-FORM APOTHECARY OR SHOW JAR WITH COVER, colorless lead glass, deep bowl with eight ribs and a plain rim, raised on an applied baluster-form stem and circular foot with a polished pontil mark, high-peaked eight-rib cover with an applied solid pyriform finial. Attributed to Bakewell, Pears & Co., Pittsburgh, PA, or possibly Louisville, KY. 1850-1875. 17 1/2" HOA, 5 7/8" D base rim, 5 1/2" D foot.
Literature: See Innes - Pittsburgh Glass, p. 198, fig. 187-2, for a virtually identical example. Also see The Magazine Antiques, November 1947, Jane Keller Caldwell, "Early Kentucky Glass," p. 369, for a similar example.

Condition

Undamaged with some light wear.

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From the collection of Ken Depew, Ft. Myers, FL.