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Session #3
Saturday, January 26, 2008
(Sale begins at 9:30 a.m. with Lot #451)

Lots #736 - #748
Barber's Bottles



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Lot 736 - HOBBS' NO. 323 DEW DROP / HOBNAIL BARBER'S BOTTLE, blue opalescent, ceramic pourer, polished pontil mark. Hobbs, Brockunier & Co. Fourth quarter 19th century. 6 3/4" h, 3 3/4" dia overall. Body with loss of one hob and chip to two others, lowest row of hobs with multiple flakes. Estimate: $75 - $125.

Provenance: Collection of the late John W. Greenburg.
Lot 737 - HOBNAIL BARBER'S BOTTLE, cranberry opalescent, rough pontil mark. Late 19th/early 20th century. 8 1/4" h, 4 1/4" dia overall. Excellent overall condition, having only one flake to a hob and several with manufacturing roughness. Estimate: $150 - $250.

Provenance: Collection of the late John W. Greenburg.
Lot 738 - INVERTED THUMBPRINT BARBER'S BOTTLE, amber, polished pontil mark. Fourth quarter 19th century. 7" h, 3 1/4" dia overall. Undamaged. Estimate: $50 - $75.

Provenance: Property deaccessioned by the Currier Museum of Art.
Lot 739 - L. G. WRIGHT SWIRL BARBER'S BOTTLE, cranberry opalescent. L. G. Wright Glass Co. Second half 20th century. 7" h, 3 1/2" dia overall. Undamaged. Estimate: $75 - $125.

Provenance: Collection of the late John W. Greenburg.
Lot 740 - L. G. WRIGHT OPAL RIB BARBER'S BOTTLE, cranberry opalescent. L. G. Wright Glass Co. Second half 20th century. 7" h, 3 1/2" dia overall. Undamaged. Estimate: $75 - $125.

Provenance: Collection of the late John W. Greenburg.
Lot 741 - SEAWEED / CORAL BARBER'S BOTTLE, blue opalescent, polished pontil mark. Late 19th/early 20th century. 7" h, 3 1/2" dia overall. Undamaged except for pattern flake. Estimate: $200 - $300.

Provenance: Collection of the late John W. Greenburg.
Lot 742 - SEAWEED / CORAL BARBER'S BOTTLE, cranberry opalescent, polished pontil mark. Late 19th/early 20th century. 7" h, 3 1/2" dia overall. Excellent undamaged condition. Estimate: $300 - $400.

Provenance: Collection of the late John W. Greenburg.
Lot 743 - STARS AND STRIPES BARBER'S BOTTLE, cranberry opalescent, polished pontil mark. Late 19th/early 20th century. 6 7/8" h, 3 1/2" dia overall. Excellent undamaged condition. Estimate: $300 - $400.

Provenance: Collection of the late John W. Greenburg.
Lot 744 - SWIRL BARBER'S BOTTLE, cranberry opalescent. Late 19th/early 20th century. 7" h, 3 1/4" dia overall. Undamaged. Estimate: $150 - $250.

Provenance: Collection of the late John W. Greenburg.
Lot 745 - SWIRL BARBER'S BOTTLE, blue opalescent, polished pontil mark. Late 19th/early 20th century. 7" h, 3 1/2" dia overall. Excellent undamaged condition. Estimate: $100 - $150.

Provenance: Collection of the late John W. Greenburg.
Lot 746 - VESTA / HOBNAIL IN SQUARE BARBER'S BOTTLE AND TUMBLER, colorless opalescent, bottle slightly tinted. Aetna Glass & Mfg. Co. Fourth quarter 19th century. 6 3/4" and 4" h. Bottle with the partial loss of one hob and a flake to another, also some interior dirt/residue, tumbler undamaged. Estimate: $75 - $125.

Provenance: From a Minnesota estate collection.
Lot 747 - VICTORIAN ENAMEL DECORATED BARBER'S BOTTLE, cobalt blue with white enamel stylized floral decoration, rough pontil mark. Late 19th/early 20th century. 7 1/2" h, 3 3/4" dia overall. Undamaged. Estimate: $75 - $125.

Provenance: Collection of the late John W. Greenburg.
Lot 748 - VICTORIAN ENAMEL DECORATED RIB OPTIC BARBER'S BOTTLE, green with polychrome floral decoration, rough pontil mark. Late 19th/early 20th century. 7 1/8" h, 3 1/2" dia overall. Undamaged. Estimate: $75 - $125.

Provenance: Collection of the late John W. Greenburg.