Lot
Number | Description | Number
of Bids | Current Bid |
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| 1. "GENERAL WASHINGTON" / BUST OF WASHINGTON - "ADAMS & JEFFERSON JULY 4 A.D. 1776 - KENSINGTON GLASS WORKS PHILADELPHIA - E. PLURIBUS UNUM" / EAGLE / "T.W.D." (inside oval), (GI-14), Kensington Glass Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ca. 1825 - 1830, medium blue green pint, open pontil, sheared and tooled mouth, about perfect. Highly desirable, attractive color and with almost no trace of wear. One of our most historical flasks. On the 4th of July in the year 1876, 50-years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, both who signed the Declaration, died within hours of each. To honor the event, Thomas Dyott, altered the existing GI-16 mold to include the wording 'Adams & Jefferson July 4 A.D. 1776 - Kensngton Glass Works Philadelphia'. | 6 | $ 6,500 |
| 2. "G. WASHINGTON" / BUST OF WASHINGTON - EAGLE, (GI-10), Pittsburgh District Glass Works, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ca. 1825 - 1835, deep bluish aqua pint, open pontil, sheared lip. A tiny flake is off the top of the lip. Also some light inside and outside haze. Note the bold impression, something not that often seen on early 'beaded side' Pittsburgh flasks. | 7 | $ 375 |
| 3. "WASHINGTON" / BUST OF WASHINGTON - "JACKSON" / BUST OF JACKSON, (GI-33), Coventry Glass Works, Coventry, Connecticut, ca. 1825 - 1835, medium amber with olive tone pint, open pontil, sheared lip. Some light scratches and high point wear exists but no form of damage. | 1 | $ 180 |
| 4. "THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY" / BUST OF WASHINGTON - "DYOTTVILLE GLASS WORKS PHILADA / GEN. TAYLOR NEVER SURRENDERS" / BUST OF TAYLOR, (GI-37), Dyottville Glass Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ca. 1848 - 1855, deep purple amethyst quart, smooth base, sheared lip. The top of the lip has been very slightly ground down, probably to remove some minor chipping, some of which can still be seen on the outer edge of the lip. A knockout color, especially in sunlight.
| 6 | $ 1,400 |
| 5. "THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY" / BUST OF WASHINGTON - "GEN. TAYLOR NEVER SURRENDERS" / BUST OF TAYLOR, (GI-39), Dyottville Glass Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ca. 1848 - 1855, medium blue green quart, open pontil, sheared and tooled mouth. A 1/8" peck type flake is off the Washington side near the base. Also some of the usual high point wear exists. Despite the minor imperfections this is a very crude flask with lots of seed bubbles and in a nice color.
| 3 | $ 350 |
| 6. "THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY" / BUST OF WASHINGTON - "GEN. TAYLOR NEVER SURRENDERS" / BUST OF TAYLOR, (GI-40), Dyottville Glass Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ca. 1848 - 1855, aqua clambrooth pint, open pontil, sheared and tooled lip. A 1/4" by 3/16" in size chip is off the outer edge of the lip, otherwise perfect. A very rare and unusual coloration for this or any other flask! For those of you who collect color runs of this flask you know how hard it is to find this one! | 0 | $ 250 * |
| 7. "MAJOR" / BUST OF RINGGOLD / "RINGGOLD" - BUST OF TAYLOR / "ROUGH AND READY", (GI-71), American, ca. 1840 - 1845, pale smoky aqua glass pint, open pontil, sheared lip. Two very shallow flat chips are off the top of the lip, also a few tiny spots of high point wear, both are very minor. Not a lot of color but one that is definitely different. | 0 | $ 150 * |
| 8. "GENERAL LA FAYETTE" / BUST OF LAFAYETTE - "REPUBLICAN GRATITUDE" - "E. PLURIBUS UNUM" / EAGLE WITH SHIELD / "T.W.D." - "KENSINGTON GLASS WORKS PHILADELPHIA", (GI-90), Kensington Glass Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ca. 1825 - 1835, pale aqua pint, open pontil, sheared and tooled mouth, about perfect (some very faint inside haze the type that could very easily be professionally removed). Outstanding example with a very bold impression and not a trace of wear. Not an easy flask to find, especially in this nice condition. | 7 | $ 425 |
| 9. BUST OF BYRON - BUST OF SCOTT, (GI-114), American, ca. 1825 - 1835, medium yellow olive half-pint, open pontil, sheared lip, about perfect (a less than pinhead size flake is off the top of the lip). | 3 | $ 180 |
| 10. BUST OF BYRON - BUST OF SCOTT, (GI-114), American, ca. 1825 - 1835, medium yellow olive half-pint, open pontil, sheared lip, about perfect (a few spots of minor high point wear). | 1 | $ 180 |
| 11. "OUR CHOICE" / BUST OF CLEVELAND AND STEVENSON / "CLEVE & STEVE / NOVEMBER 8TH 92 / MARCH 4TH 93" - ROOSTER, (GI-124), American, ca. 1893, medium amber half-pint, half barrel form, smooth base, tooled lip, perfect. A scarce political flask. The 1893 Presidential election pitted the Democrats Grover Cleveland and Adlai Stevenson against Republicans Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid. Cleveland easily won the election becoming our 24th President. By doing so he became the first President to be nominated by his party three consecutive times, and the only American President to be elected to two none consecutive terms in office. | 1 | $ 375 |
| 12. EAGLE - EAGLE, (GII-26), Louisville Glass Works, Louisville, Kentucky, ca. 1835 - 1845, deep bluish aqua quart, open pontil, sheared lip, about perfect (some areas of very faint inside haze). | 8 | $ 230 |
| 13. EAGLE - EAGLE (in oval panels), (GII-32a), Louisville Glass Works, Louisville, Kentucky, ca. 1855 - 1860, bluish aqua quart, open pontil, rough sheared lip. Two flat chips, each slightly under 1/8" in diameter are off the top edge of the lip. Several are off the side of the lip but these probably occurred when the lip was sheared. This is an extremely rare varient having three concave depressions around the eagle. | 4 | $ 350 |
| 14. EAGLE - EAGLE, (GII-40), Kensington Glass Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ca. 1820 -1830, bluish aqua pint, open pontil, sheared and tooled lip, perfect. One of the nicer ones, having a bold impression, plenty of bubbles throughout and not a trace of wear. | 5 | $ 230 |
| 15. EAGLE - TREE, (GII-41), Kensington Glass Works, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ca. 1820 -1830, aqua pint, open pontil, sheared and tooled lip. Perfect condition and lacking any wear. One of the more difficult to obtain of the Kensington flask group. | 9 | $ 275 |
