Shaft & Globe Bottle, English, Superb Transitional Example in Mid-Olive Green
High Gloss
Date/Period: 1670-1680
Measurement: Height: 7"
Material: “Black” glass
Condition: Typical imperfections to string rim and mouth; displays well
Additional Information: A lovely shaft and globe bottle in mid/olive green, shallow
kickup with wide pontil; marveled lower sides into nice, rounded shape; sloped
shoulders transitioning to medium length tapered neck. Fine string rim beneath snapped
off fire-smoothed lip. Full original surface sheen: high gloss surface is GUARANTEED
original.
$3,850.00
843-466
Sealed Wine Bottle, Bladder Form, English, I / S Centering Small Diamond Date/Period: 1730-1740’s
Material: Glass
Condition: The bottle is in excellent condition There is a small light-colored inclusion in
the seal which is original from the time of manufacture. The bottle is in remarkable
condition with one bruise on the bottom edge but no other damage. There is minimal
scratching on the sides, especially the flattened sides, as expected. There is some
internal staining. However, there are no string rim or mouth chips and no star cracks.
Additional Information: A rare transitional form of bottle between the onion
and the straight sided mallet. The manufacturing of the bottle began as an onion form
and then two opposing sides were marvered (flattened). The shape of the early wine
bottles made it difficult to store them in the cellar. The bladder bottles allowed the
bottles to be placed on their side, preventing the cork from drying out. While this was an
improvement in design, for some unknown reason, it was rarely made, and bladder
bottles are one of the rarest of all sealed bottle forms. This is a particularly good
example.
$5,600.00
843-464
Antique Wine Bottle, Rare Half Size, Rectangular Octangular Cylinder
English Date/Period: Circa 1735
Measurement: Height: 8.25"
Material: Blown deep olive green glass
Condition: Very good, glossy finish, typical chips to string lip, displays well
Reference: See, Antique Sealed Bottles 1640-1900 and the families who owned them,
David Burton, pp. 54-58.
Additional Information: This rarely encountered, earliest molded form is of great
charm and displays beautifully; very long tapered, slightly wonky neck with applied
string rim; rounded shoulders, flattened sides, ends, and chamfered corners. Base
displays a wide basal “kick-up”.
$1,500.00
1245-48
Snuff Bottle, Blown, Rectangular,
Wide Mouth Utility with Concave Corners
English or Possibly Connecticut, circa 1820-1840, Amber Toned Olive Green
Tooled flared mouth; lip is flattened and pulled outwards, not much of a neck to speak of. Nice shoulders, flattened panels, concave corners. (Very good condition. Height: 7")
$1,265.00
1260-6
Bottle Capacity Measure, Pewter, Only Pint Size Known Date/Period: 1800-1830
Condition: In very good condition, with medium-light grey original surface patina.
Reference: See The Journal of the Pewter Society Autumn 2001 & Spring 2015.
Additional Information: Rare pint capacity pewter bottle measure [for wine], which in
this size is possibly a unique survivor. Contrary to previous wisdom, these vessels were
not created to serve as bottle drainers. They were used as a bottle measure to detect
the capacity of glass wine bottles in the days before they could be made accurately,
which did not occur until the second quarter of the 19th century. This is the smallest
example recorded having a maximum capacity of 1 pint.
This measure is very substantially made of pewter, and although it appears to have
the body of a baluster measure, the construction does not utilize a normal body, but was
hand made for the specific purpose. The series of four 'steps' inside the neck give the
approximate capacities of the bottles being measured.
$885.00
365-393
Blown Glass Sealed Wine Bottle, Half Size Squat Mallet, America Owned & Used
Made for Boston Silversmith Rufus Green Date/Period: 1728 - SOLD
Measurement: Height: 6.75"
Condition: Glossy surface, chips to sting lip with all else fine
Additional Information: Half size squat mallet form English sealed bottle made for
Rufus Greene, Boston silversmith (1707-1777) who traveled to England in 1728,
returning home to be married in the same year. Almost certainly he ordered a number of
these bottles while in England, probably to commemorate his marriage.
Sealed Bottles made for Americans are very rare. That this can be documented to a
Colonial Boston silversmith is quite remarkable.
Reference: See David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles 1640-1900: And the Families that
Owned Them; page 440, Chapter Eight – Sealed Bottles in Major Public
Collections…the author states, “The most important is a squat mallet bottle sealed R /
Greene / 1728, within a beaded border. Three examples are known: two are held in the
museum collection [Museum of Fine Arts, Boston] and the third in a US private
collection [subject example].
Rufus Greene (1707-1777) noted American silversmith, was apprenticed to William
Cowell Sr., active 1728 to 1749; married Katherine Stanbridge on December 10, 1728.
Subsequently a wealthy Loyalist merchant, active in colonial Boston, Massachusetts.
SOLD
843-454
Blown Glass Sealed Wine Bottle, Early Onion Form, Initials, Date…& MONTH
The engraving of this seal is excellent as is the impression… Date/Period: 1700
Measurement: Height: 6.5"
Condition: The bottle is in excellent condition; mostly glossy finish except scattered
superficial trivial areas of gloss breakdown as often encountered.
Additional Information: English sealed glass bottle, seal marked *M*/C*E/Apr/1700.
This is a bold, early onion of great dating to the first decade of the eighteenth century,
the magic "0" decade.
While initials and years are seen on many English bottles, the month is almost never
included…exceedingly rare. Dates on bottles are thought to represent a significant
event in the owner's life rather than vintage of contents. April 1700 must have been a
special time for this family.
Until now, this bottle has been unknown and is unrecorded in reference books.
$8,975.00
843-456
Wine Bottle, Mallet, Cockerel Seal, English Date/Period: c. 1730
Measurement: Height: 7"
Material: Black glass
Condition: Excellent condition except dullness to the surface suggesting it may have
spent time in the water, perhaps in a stream. Not chips or cracks.
Additional Information: This is an interesting bottle. The seal shows a cockerel which
most likely is the seal of a tavern as this is less likely an individual's crest, though that is
possible. The Cock Tavern was a common name throughout England. There was a
Cock ale house in the Strand in London and a Cock Inn in Leadenhall Street, London in
the eighteenth century and probably earlier.
$5,200.00
843-358
Antique Blown Wine Bottle, Mallet Bottle, Armorial Seal, Rampant Lion, Full Gloss
England
1730
Chips to mouth with all else fine
(Dimensions: 8.25" H.)
$4,825
843-128
Onion Bottle, Sealed, Pancake Onion, Three Leopards Passant, Guardant
Arms of Carew
Cornwall
Circa 1710
An outstanding bottle with substantial chips to string-lip and two small nips to seal edge; all else fine.
Dimensions: 5 3/8" H, 5.5" base diameter.
$3,475
843-131
Saddle Bags Fitted for Wine Bottles Date/Period: 1850-1880
Measurement: Height: 18"; width: 14"; depth: 6"
Material: Russet brown leather
Condition: Very good, leather is supple, stitching is without compromise
Additional Information: Nifty trail bags for horseback, bags are fitted to hold bottles
and glasses with room to spare. The handstitched flaps and bags are stamped.
$1,825.00
362-25
Antique Demijohn, Carboy Bottle, Utility Bottle
European, Early…17th/18th Century
Free-blown medium olive-green, applied ring finish to neck, no pontil scar although
mouth blown…substantial whittling. Chips to rough cut spout above string rim, interior
bubbles, some open. (Height: 18”)
$450.00
1039-58
Cologne Bottle, Perfume with Stopper, Canary/Amber
Likely Germany or Bohemia, Circa 1850
(H: 5.5”, H with stopper: 8.5”)
$585
784-15
Antique Blown Black Glass, Sealed Wine Bottle,
Cylinder Form, Long Neck
Edgecumbe Family Seal, Baron's Coronet over Boar Statant Crest
English, Circa 1770 to 1780
See David Burton, page 1611, Antique Sealed Bottles 1640-1900: And the Families that Owned Them. (Very good condition; H: 10.75")
$575
843-233
Antique Blown Sealed Wine Bottle, ASCR, All Souls Common Room, All Souls College,
Oxford, England, 19th Century - SOLD
(H: 10.5”)
SOLD
843-229
Blown Sealed Wine Bottle, ASCR, All Souls Common Room, All Souls College, Oxford
England, 19th Century
(H: 10.25”)
$475
843-230
Antique Blown Sealed Wine Bottle, ASCR, All Souls Common Room, All Souls College,
Oxford,
England, 19th Century
(H: 10.75”)
$475
843-228
Antique Pickle Jar, Bottle, Cathedral, Deep Aqua-Green
Circa 1860-1880 - SOLD
Square with beveled corners, tapering to collar-rib; press-molded gothic arched panels
with hand tooled rolled-over collared mouth – smooth base.
(Fine condition; Height: 11.75")
SOLD
784-32
Folk Art Bottle Whimsey, Probably Sailor Made, Yarn Winding Swift Date/Period: 19th Century
Measurement: Height: 5.75"
Material: Colorless glass, ivory, and thread
Condition: Very good
Additional Information: Mold-blown bottle with flaring neck and tooled rim containing
four tier swift with turned and crosshatched shaft; carved stopper closes the bottle.
We have seen these called ladder puzzles.
$450.00
171-172
Paper Mache Wine Bottle Coaster with Sheet Iron Liner, Stenciled Decoration
Likely English, Regency Decanter Slide Date/Period: Circa 1810-1830 - SOLD
Measurement: Height: 1.75"; diameter: 5.5"
Material: Paper mache, bronze and gold powder stenciling, sheet iron
Condition: Little spidering to lacquering on bottom of interior otherwise excellent.
Additional Information: Lacquered papier mache bottle/decanter coaster decorated in
gilt and penwork, grape leaves, grapes and tendrils, also rose hips and leaves.
SOLD
171-160
Storage Bottle, Cylindrical, Mold Blown, Olive Amber New England, Second Half 19th Century
Squat Demijohn, Light Green Amber, Large English Type Basal, Pontil Scar, Nice Color
Applied tapered collar mouth
(Height: 13.5"; diameter: 6.25")
$235.00
784-23
Bottles, Flask, Blown Glass
Sold separately
Left to right:
Excellent Stoddard Whiskey Pint Flask, Golden Amber, Circa 1860 – 1870
Golden amber flask with seed bubbles and crude, heavy whittles.
Cupped base with two nail heads. A beauty of its kind.
Height: 7.25"
$160.00 1224-4
Stoddard Stubby Ale Bottle, New Hampshire, Circa 1860
Three-piece mold amber bottle in fine condition; crude whittle marks with an applied lip. Height: 7"
$125.00
1224-19
Black Glass Squat Cylinder Bottle, Embossed - H. Ricketts & Co., Glass Works Bristol, Connecticut, 1821 – 1853
Olive green three-piece mold bottle embossed with maker name in fine condition. Whittled and bubbled throughout, has a sand chip pontil and a crudely applied sloping collar with ring. (Height: 9")
$355.00
1224-24
Demijohns
Demijohn, Left Date/Period: c 1860
Measurement: 21”, 8” base
Material: blown glass
Condition: slight surface wear, minor cloudiness from sediment
Additional Information: Medium green color, many seed bubbles, applied lip,
freeblown pontil
$320.00
1224-46
Demijohn, Right - SOLD Date/Period: c 1840-1860
Measurement: 14.25”, 7” base
Material: blown glass
Condition: excellent
Additional Information: Honey amber color, New England, applied lip, freeblown
pontil, many seed bubbles
SOLD
1224-45
Antique Storage Bottle, Cylindrical, Mold Blown, Olive Amber
New England, Second Half 19th Century
Storage Bottle, Cylindrical, Mold Blown, Olive Amber
New England, Second Half 19th Century
$295.00
110-896
Demijohn Date/Period: c 1840-1860
Measurement: 16”, 8” base
Material: Blown glass
Condition: Very good
Additional Information: Dark amber in color, many seed bubbles, applied lip
freeblown pontil
$295.00
1224-47
Pictorial Cornucopia Half-Pint Flasks
Sold separately
Scarce medium olive amber flask in fine condition.
$335.00
1224-5
Half Pint Aquamarine Scroll Flasks
Sold separately
Left to right:
Half-Pint Scroll Flask, GIX-34, Aquamarine - SOLD American Midwest, 1845 – 1860
Scroll flask with fleur-de-lis motif and pontil.
Comparatively scarce and in perfect condition.
SOLD 1224-8
Half-Pint Scroll Flask, GIX-36, Aquamarine - SOLD American Midwest, 1845 – 1860
Scroll flask with fleur-de-lis motif and pontil.
Comparatively scarce and in perfect condition.
SOLD
1224-10
Half-Pint Scroll Flask, GIX-36, Aquamarine, American Midwest, 1845 – 1860
Scroll flask with fleur-de-lis motif and pontil.
Comparatively scarce and in perfect condition.
$160.00
1224-9
Portrait & Pictorial Flasks
Sold separately
Left to right:
Aquamarine Portrait Flask, Washington – Taylor, Quart Flask, GI-40A Dyottville Glassworks, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Circa 1860
Fine condition, clear and collection-worthy.
$240.00 1224-14
Pictorial "Summer" Tree with Bird, "Winter" Bare Tree with Bird Pint Flask, GX-15 Possibly Dyottville Glassworks, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Circa 1860 - SOLD
Aquamarine flask in fine condition, a pleasant double image with great shelf presence.
SOLD
1224-16
Taylor Quart Flask, Portraits, Washington and Taylor, GI-37
Dyottville Glassworks, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Circa 1860
Aquamarine portrait flask in fine condition, clear and collection-worthy.
$275.00
1224-13
Historical "Waterford" & Clasped Hands Flasks
Sold separately
Left to right:
Historical "Waterford" and Clasped Hands, Eagle Quart Flask, GXII-2 Waterford Glassworks, New Jersey, 1860 – 1875
Aquamarine flask with pontil in fine condition.
$325.00 1224-15
Masonic and Clasped Hands, Eagle, Quart Flask, GIV-39 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Circa 1860
Aquamarine flask in fine condition with pontil and flat collar. Embossed “H&S.”
SOLD
1224-11
Pictorial Sheaf of Wheat Flasks
Sold separately - SOLD
Left to right:
Removed
Pictorial Star and Travelers Companion, Sheaf of Wheat Quart Flask, GXIV-1 Westford Glass Works, Connecticut, 1860 – 1873
Medium reddish amber flask in fine condition with applied sloping collared mouth and smooth base. (Height: 9")
SOLD
1224-23
Late Persian Blown Saddle Flask, Light Apple Green, 19th Century
Light apple green flask with seed bubbles, light interior content stain. Free blown, round, open everted lip with ledge. Minor wear on base. 1.75 rings, counter-clockwise stringing on neck with tear-drop glob starting point on front. Combination pontil (open pontil with bare iron scar in the middle). Rocks upon standing. Private collection since 1972.
(Height: 10")
A rare color in this flask mold, cobalt being the common color.
The applied mouth is absent; neck has been expertly polished.
(Height: 7")
$550.00
1224-26
Demijohn Date/Period: c 1870-1880
Measurement: 20.5”
Material: Blown glass
Condition: Good, many seed bubbles, roughness to lip, Olive
Additional Information: Ringed Collar
$275.00
1224-41
Demijohn
Demijohn, left Date/Period: c 1840-1860
Measurement: 21.5”, 7” base
Material: 3 piece molded glass
Condition: Good
Additional Information: Dark green, applied lip, blown in mold, 4 feet on bottom,
apple shaped
SOLD
1224-50
Demijohn, right Date/Period: c 1860-1880
Measurement: 18.5”
Material: 2 piece molded glass
Condition: Very Good
Additional Information: Medium green, oval shape, blown in mold, applied lip,
heavy swirls and whittles
$320.00
1224-51
Demijohn
Demijohn, Left - SOLD Date/Period: c 1840-1860
Measurement: 17.25”, 8” base
Material: 2 piece molded glass
Condition: VG
Additional Information: Aquagem, many whittle marks, applied lip, blown in mold
SOLD
1224-48
Demijohn, Right Date/Period: c 1840-1860
Measurement: 15.5”, base-8”
Material: 2 piece molded glass
Condition: VG
Additional Information: dark aqua color, seeded, whittle marks, applied lip,
blown
in mold
$165.00
1224-49
Blown Wine Bottle, Cylinder Form, String Lip, Sagged Bottom, English, Circa 1780
Nice folksy bottle in full gloss - SOLD
(Small chip to string lip, else fine; H: 8.75"; base diameter: 4.25")
SOLD
843-266
18th Century Sealed Black Glass Wine Bottle, George Bickford, Non Dubio, Devon Date/Period: 1770-1790 - SOLD
Measurement: Height: 11.75"; diameter: 3.5"
Material: Blown glass
Condition: Fine, high gloss
Additional Information: An English dark olive-green glass sealed cylinder wine bottle
for George Bickford of Dunsland House near Holsworthy, North Devon. [successively
home to the Arscott, Bickford, Coham and Dickinson families] Non Dubio is the family’s
motto which means “No Doubting” The house burned to the ground in 1967. Dunsland
has a mention in the Doomsday Book, a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of
much of England published in 1086 by order of Willian I.
Wine Bottle, Onion Form, Blown Glass, Olive Amber
Dutch
Circa 1710 to 1720 - SOLD
A nice bottle displaying good form; applied string lip, minor exterior scratches and interior bubbles.
Dimensions: 6.75" H.
SOLD
843-152
Double Eagle Historical Flask, Pint, Aquamarine, 1860 – 1880
Applied mouth ring and smooth base - SOLD
(Height: 7.75")
SOLD
1224-2
Flask; Bulltown Glassworks, Pictorial, GXIII-39, Sheaf of Wheat and Star, Pint
Bulltown, New Jersey, Circa 1845 to 1860 - SOLD
LITERATURE: American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry by Helen McKearin and Kenneth Wilson, 1978.
SOLD
410-149
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