Lot
Number | Description | Number
of Bids | Final Bid |
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| 1. "WASHINGTON" / BUST OF WASHINGTON - "BRIDGETON NEW JERSEY" / BUST OF TAYLOR, (GI-24), Bridgeton, Glass Works, Bridgeton, New Jersey, ca. 1825 - 1835, dark chocolate amber pint, pontil scarred base, sheared and tooled mouth. Noticeable high point wear on both portraits but no form of damage. Great impression, rare color. Allan Balliet Collection.
| 24 | $ 2,100 |
| 2. "WASHINGTON" / BUST OF WASHINGTON - "JACKSON" / BUST OF JACKSON, (GI-31), American, ca. 1825 - 1835, medium yellow amber with good olive tone pint, pontil scarred base, sheared and tooled mouth. A 1/2" long by 1/4" wide sliver type chip is off the side of the lip on the Jackson side that occurred when the lip was sheared. Very crude pebbly glass, loaded with seed bubbles and in an attractive color. Allan Balliet Collection.
| 9 | $ 170 |
| 3. "WASHINGTON" / BUST OF WASHINGTON - "JACKSON" / BUST OF JACKSON, (GI-31), Keene, Glass Works, Keene, New Hampshire, ca. 1825 - 1835, medium olive green pint, pontil scarred base, sheared and tooled mouth, perfect. Overall pebbly glass with a good impression and in a pure green color. Allan Balliet Collection.
| 8 | $ 325 |
| 4. "WASHINGTON" / BUST OF WASHINGTON - "JACKSON" / BUST OF JACKSON, (GI-31), Keene Glass Works, Keene, New Hampshire, ca. 1825 - 1840, golden amber pint, open pontil, sheared and tooled lip. Two internal bubbles have opening in the cover glass. One, located by Jackson’s chin is 1/4" in diameter. The other, on the raised medial rib is 1/4" by 1/8" in size. With the exception of these two minor flaws the flask is in pristine condition with a great impression and lacking any trace of green.
| 4 | $ 210 |
| 5. "WASHINGTON" / BUST OF WASHINGTON - "JACKSON" / BUST OF JACKSON, (GI-33), Keene Glass Works, Keene, New Hampshire, ca. 1825 - 1835, medium yellowish olive amber pint, pontil scarred base, sheared and tooled mouth. The flask is perfect but the impression is somewhat weak, a common characteristic for this flask. Allan Balliet Collection.
| 6 | $ 200 |
| 6. "LOUIS KOSSUTH" / BUST OF KOSSUTH AND FLAGS - FRIGATE / "U.S. STEAM FRIGATE / MISSISSIPPI / S. HUFFSEY", (GI-112), American, ca. 1853 - 1860, aqua calabash, "PH. DOFLEIN / MOULD MAKER / NTH. 5T ST 84" on iron pontiled base, applied sloping collar mouth, perfect. Allan Balliet Collection.
| 6 | $ 350 |
| 7. "LOUIS KOSSUTH" / BUST OF KOSSUTH WITH FLAGS - FRIGATE / U.S. STEAM FRIGATE / MISSISSIPPI / S. HUFFSEY", (GI-112), American, ca. 1851 - 1855, medium blue green calabash, 9 3/8"h, "P.H. DOFLEIN / MOULD MAKER / NTH. 5T. ST 94." on iron pontiled base, applied tapered collar, about perfect (several paper-thin open bubbles are on the surface). Very crude pebbly glass and totally loaded with various size bubbles, many of which can be seen on the surface. You are bidding on an exceptional example of an historically important calabash. For most of his life Kossuth was a great Hungarian patriot trying to give Hungary its freedom from Austria. Forced into exile in 1849, President Fillmore sent the U.S.S. Mississippi to bring Kossuth to America where he was given a whirlwind fund raising tour of the country. In 1852 Kossuth returned to Hungary to continue quest for freedom for his country. He died in 1892 never fulfilling his dream of independence from Austria. | 3 | $ 3,000 |
| 8. BUST OF BYRON - BUST OF SCOTT, (GI-114), American, ca. 1825 - 1835, medium yellow amber half-pint, pontil scarred base, sheared and tooled mouth, perfect. Very crude with a number of bubbles and glass swirls.
| 1 | $ 200 |
| 9. BUST OF COLUMBUS / "KENSINGTON" - EAGLE / "UNION CO.", (GI-117), Kensington Union Glass Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ca. 1830 - 1840, aqua pint, open pontil base, sheared and tooled lip, about perfect (an area of faint inside shoulder haze exists). An attractive and always popular flask.
| 8 | $ 550 |
| 10. EAGLE - CORNUCOPIA, (GII-16), Pittsburgh District Glass House, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ca. 1825 - 1840, deep ice blue half-pint, pontil scarred base, sheared mouth, perfect. A rare little flask!
| 15 | $ 850 |
| 11. EAGLE - FURLED FLAG / "FOR OUR COUNTRY", (GII-54), Coffin & Hay Glass Works, Hammonton, New Jersey, ca. 1825 - 1835, aqua pint, pontil scarred base, sheared and tooled mouth. Perfect, and having very crude pebbly glass. Allan Balliet Collection.
| 9 | $ 220 |
| 12. "LIBERTY" / EAGLE - "WILLINGTON / GLASS, CO / WEST WILLINGTON / CONN", (GII-64), Willington Glass Works, West Willington, Connecticut, ca. 1855 - 1870, deep golden ‘old’ amber pint, smooth base, applied mouth, about perfect (a few light scratches). Rarely seen in this pure amber color.
| 8 | $ 275 |
| 13. "LIBERTY" / EAGLE - WESTFORD / GLASS / CO. / WESTFORD / CONN.", (GII-65), Westford Glass Works, Westford, Connecticut, ca. 1860 - 1870, deep orange amber half-pint, smooth base, applied double collar mouth. A very tiny flake is off the top edge of the lip, otherwise in pristine condition. Great example, lacking any trace of wear or any trace of green in the color.
| 8 | $ 220 |
| 14. EAGLE - CORNUCOPIA, (GII-69), American, ca. 1835 - 1845, bluish aqua half-pint, open pontil, sheared and tooled lip. Some very faint outside haze but no form of damage. A scarce flask!
| 8 | $ 700 |
| 15. EAGLE - EAGLE, (GII-71), Coventry Glass Works, Coventry, Connecticut, ca. 1825 - 1835, yellowish ‘old’ amber half-pint, open pontil, sheared and tooled lip. A tiny chip is off the top edge of the lip, also some minor high point wear, otherwise perfect.
| 3 | $ 200 |
