Lot
Number | Description | Number
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1. “LYNCH & CLARKE / NEW YORK”, (Tucker, C-1-C), New York, ca. 1835 - 1845, olive green high shoulder quart, improved pontil base, applied double collar mouth.
A lengthy crack just above the base travels most of the way around the bottle. A 3/8” open surface bubble below the embossing has been filled in.
A rarely offered bottle, but in an even rarer unlisted pure green color! Yes it has damage, but due to the density of the color at the base is not readily seen!
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| 9 | $ 210 |
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2. “JOHN CLARKE - NEW_YORK” (around the shoulder), (Tucker, C-4-A-1), New York, ca. 1855 - 1865, deep olive green high shoulder quart, smooth base, applied double collar mouth, blown in a three part mould.
Pristine condition, and loaded with trapped air bubbles and impurities, many are on the surface.
At some point in time the entire bottle was encased in wicker, but only the lower two-thirds remain. A prime example!
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| 26 | $ 2,750 |
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3. “JOHN CLARKE / NEW YORK”, (Tucker, C-5-B base 2), New York probably Mt. Vernon Glass Works, ca. 1845 - 1855, grass green pint, iron pontil, applied double collar mouth.
Cleaned to its original luster, but retains a few very tiny imperfections.
A scarce color for this mould which usually is blue green.
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| 7 | $ 500 |
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4. “CLARKE & CO. / NEW YORK”, (on the shoulder), (Tucker, C-8-E-2), New York, ca. 1855 - 1865, emerald green quart, iron pontil, applied sloping double collar mouth.
Cleaned to its original luster. A tiny ‘ding’ is below the letter “C” in Clarke, otherwise in overall excellent condition.
Scarce color, rarely seen iron pontil.
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| 1 | $ 275 |
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5. “CLARKE & CO / NEW YORK”, (Tucker, C-9-A type III), New York, ca. 1855 - 1865, medium blue green pint, iron pontil, applied double collar mouth.
Perfect condition.
One of the nicer ones.
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| 14 | $ 325 |
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6. “CLARKE & WHITE / C / NEW YORK”, (Tucker, C-11-B-1), New York, ca. 1855 - 1865, yellowish amber quart, smooth base, applied double collar mouth.
A few light scattered scratches are away from the embossing, otherwise in perfect condition.
This is a very unusual, extremely rare and unlisted color for this mould that stands out among the more common olive green bottles.
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| 7 | $ 800 |
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7. “CONGRESS & EMPIRE SPRING CO / C / SARATOGA. N.Y.”, (Tucker, C-14), New York, ca. 1865 - 1875, deep yellowish green (citron) quart, smooth base, applied double collar mouth.
About perfect (a thin in-making open surface bubble is located in the embossing).
Scarce color, full of air bubbles.
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| 6 | $ 160 |
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8. “CONGRESS & EMPIRE SPRING CO. / HOTCHKISS’ SONS / C / NEW YORK / SARATOGA. N.Y.”, (Tucker, C-15-B, type 1), New York, ca. 1865 - 1875, deep ‘old’ amber pint, smooth base, applied double collar mouth.
Perfect condition, full of tiny air bubbles.
A scarce mould. Ex. Robert ‘Bob’ White Collection.
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| 7 | $ 210 |
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9. “CONGRESS & EMPIRE SPRING CO / HOTCHKISS’ SONS / C / NEW YORK / SARATOGA. N.Y.”, (Tucker, C-15-B), New York, ca. 1865 - 1875, yellowish olive amber pint, smooth base, applied tapered collar mouth.
About perfect (a few tiny scratches).
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| 2 | $ 160 |
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10. “CONGRESS & EMPIRE SPRING CO / HOTCHKISS’ SONS / C / NEW YORK / SARATOGA. N.Y.”, (Tucker, C-15-B), New York, ca. 1865 - 1875, deep olive green pint, ‘X’ on smooth base, applied tapered collar mouth.
Perfect condition, full of trapped air bubbles.
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| 6 | $ 180 |
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11. “CONGRESS & EMPIRE SPRING CO / HOTCHKISS’ SONS / C / NEW YORK / SARATOGA. N.Y.”, (Tucker, C-15-B), New York, ca. 1865 - 1875, yellow with amber tone pint, smooth base, applied tapered collar mouth.
A 1/4” by 3/8” ice pick bruise is on the inside edge of the lip, otherwise in perfect condition.
A scarce color for this mould.
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| 7 | $ 130 |
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12. “CONGRESS & EMPIRE SPRING CO / HOTCHKISS’ SONS / C / NEW YORK / SARATOGA. N.Y.”, (Tucker, C-15-B), New York, ca. 1865 - 1875, medium yellow olive pint, smooth base, applied tapered collar mouth.
Perfect condition, a scarce color for this mould.
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| 3 | $ 300 |
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13. “THE / CORKS / OF ALL GENUINE / CONGRESS WATER / ARE BRANDED THUS / CONGRESS / C. & W. / WATER” (all inside a raised shield), (Tucker, C-21-B), New York, ca. 1865 -1875, deep olive green pint, smooth base, applied double collar mouth.
A 5/8” by 1” area of the lip broke away and has been reattached or has been professionally repaired. This repair is of such quality that a black light is required to see it.
This extremely rare bottle (we can find no auction record of one being sold) was believed to be a special issue made in an attempt to stop fraudulent sales from other companies using ‘Congress Water’ embossed bottles!
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| 36 | $ 6,500 |
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14. Congress Water Bottle Shrine, Shrine consists of two wood panels connected by a center wood pillar. Both panels have gold and silver twisted frames with pictures of both the quart and pint size bottles embossed. The Corks of all Genuine Congress Water has Branded Corks etc. Triangular shaped platforms across the top and base have mouths from both size bottles. ‘Neil A. Moore’ appears on the upper platform. A hand written note in the center reads: ‘This very rare and unique little cork, came from a Congress Water quart mineral water bottle that was embossed on the shoulder and was branded thus. ‘I have no doubt that this is the only known example to exist as of this date. This pint & quart as of this date are the only unique pair that are known It is s very interesting to have them both. They are now in the collection of Neil Moore from Milford, Delaware’.
Whoever owns the bottles should own this shrine!
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| 3 | $ 60 |
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15. “G.W. WEST()N & CO. - SARAT()GA. N.Y”, (open letter “O” in Weston and Saratoga), (Tucker, E-1-C-2 type II), New York, ca. 1855 - 1865, emerald green quart, iron pontil, applied double collar mouth, blown in a three part mold.
A few light scratches are mostly on the shoulder mould seam. Nice glass whittle, extremely rare color, but even rarer having a true iron pontil!
Acquired from John Haller in a trade.
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| 1 | $ 1,500 |
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16. “CONGRESS & EMPIRE SPRING CO / E / SARATOGA. N.Y.”, (Tucker, E-6-A, type 1), New York, ca. 1865 - 1875, deep red amber quart, “2” on smooth base, applied tapered double collar mouth.
A 1/4” by 1/2” chip is off the side of the neck that probably occurred during the lip finishing process.
Wonderful eye appealing color that some might call a reddish puce! Ex. Robert “Bob” White Collection.
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| 0 | $ 150 * |
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17. “CONGRESS & EMPIRE SPRING CO / E / SARATOGA N.Y.”, (Tucker, E-6-B), New York, ca. 1865 - 1875, deep olive green pint, “5” on smooth base, applied double collar mouth.
Perfect condition.
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| 4 | $ 100 |
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18. “SARATOGA / A / SPRING CO. / N.Y.”, (Tucker, S-1-A), New York, ca. 1865 - 1875, medium emerald green quart, smooth base, applied double collar mouth.
Perfect condition.
A scarce color for this mould.
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| 23 | $ 600 |
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19. “AETNA MINERAL SPOUTING SPRING / AE (monogram) / SARATOGA / N.Y.”, (Tucker, S-4-B), New York, ca. 1865 - 1875, aqua pint, smooth base, applied double collar mouth.
Lightly cleaned to near perfect condition.
This very rare bottle was rated as number one in Bernard Puckhaber’s 1973 listing of ‘Ten Most Wanted Saratogas’! A note on the base reads: ‘Bernie Puckhaber bought this bottle at the F.O.H.B.C. National Show, 1980. Sold it to me one month after’. Ex. Gerry Strubel Collection.
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| 12 | $ 5,000 |
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20. “AETNA / MINERAL / WATER / TRADE MARK / REGISTERED” - (the reverse is identical), (unlisted), New York, ca. 1875 - 1885, pale aqua almost clear glass, 6 3/4”h, “AETNA” on a smooth base, tooled lip.
Lightly cleaned, but retains tiny imperfections.
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| 12 | $ 450 |
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21. “ARTESIAN SPRING CO / AS (monogram) / BALLSTON / N.Y. - BALLSTON SPA / LITHIA / MINERAL / WATER”, (Tucker, S-6-B), New York, ca. 1865 - 1875, blue green pint, 7 5/8”h, smooth base, applied double collar mouth.
About perfect (some light inside stain).
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| 8 | $ 160 |
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22. “ARTESIAN SPRING CO / AS (monogram) / BALLSTON / N.Y. - BALLSTON SPA / LITHIA / MINERAL / WATER”, (Tucker, S-6 type II), New York, ca. 1865 - 1875, emerald green pint, smooth base, applied double collar mouth.
Lightly cleaned to near perfect condition.
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| 10 | $ 130 |
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23. “CHAMPION / SPOUTING / SPRING / SARATOGA. N.Y. - CHAMPION / WATER”, (Tucker, S-9), New York, ca. 1865 - 1875, aqua pint, smooth base, applied sloping double collar mouth.
Lightly cleaned to near perfect condition.
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| 1 | $ 180 |
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24. “CHAMPION / SPOUTING / SPRING / SARATOGA. N.Y. - CHAMPION / WATER”, (Tucker, S-9), New York, ca. 1865 - 1875, bluish aqua pint, smooth base, applied double collar mouth.
Perfect condition.
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| 7 | $ 210 |
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25. “EUREKA SPRING CO / SARATOGA N.Y.”, (Tucker, S-20), New York, ca. 1865 - 1875, yellowish olive green torpedo, 9 1/8”h, smooth base, applied double collar mouth.
Perfect condition, crude ‘wavy’ glass. A four prong metal stand embossed ‘Patented for / N.Y.S.Co' accompanies the bottle.
This is one of the three known colors it is found in and possibly the hardest to find.
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| 20 | $ 1,900 |
