AMERICAN EARLY GLASS

All of the Glass Shown is From The Allaire Collections

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The collection of American glass is displayed as types and not as a time line.

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Pitkin Bottle 1788-1830

08A Mid-Western Pitkin H: 6 ¼ inches

07A North Eastern Pitkin H: 6 ¾ inches

A54 Mid-western Half pint Pitkin 5 ½ inches

46A Mid-western popcorn Pitkin 6 inches

39A Mid-western Pitkin H: 6 ½ inches

19A Mid-western Pitkin H: 6 ¼ inches

43A North Eastern Pitkin H: 5 ¼ inches

89A Half Pint New England Pitkin Flask, The size of the flask is smaller than the typical half pint Pitkin. H: 4 ¾ inches D: 1790-1830

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 POPCORN PITKIN 46A

Pitkin Flask, Early American Glass 07A,08A,19A,39A,43A,46A,54A,89A

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Pattern-molded Bottles 19th Century

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37A Pattern-molded flask

36A Pattern-molded flask 1800-1835

11A Scroll flask with fleur-de-lis

12A Dark amber swirl bottle 1800-1820

15A Aquamarine swirl bottle

47A German bottle 1810-1870 12.7 cm

58A Aquamarine swirled bottle

64A Aquamarine swirl bottle 1800-1835

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AMERICAN SWIRL BOTTLE 12A

Scroll Flask, Early American Glass 11A

Poison Bottle with Hobnail Pattern 47A

Midwestern Aquamarine Swirl and Club Bottles 15A, 29A,58A, and 64A

American Pattern-Molded Bottles and Flasks 36A,37A,11A,12A,15A,58A, and 64A

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Chestnut Bottles and Handled Whiskey Bottles 19th Century

25A Chestnut bottle H: 5 ½ inches

05A Chestnut bottle H: 5 7/8″

33A Chestnut bottle H: 5 ½ inches

13A Handled whiskey bottle with seal

28A Handled whiskey bottle

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American Chestnut Bottle 05A,25A and 33A

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Pitchers 19th Century

63A American Blue Pitcher 1850-1900

01A American Honey Comb Pitcher 19th Century

02A Pittsburgh creamer c. 1815-1840

61A Amber pitcher with lionhead decoration below handle.

57A Juno’s pitcher possibly from South Jersey

 

 

Salts, Bowls and Dishes c. 1765-1890

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49A American expanded-diamond salt c. 1765-1800

62A American wide mouth blue Salt 1830-1850

26A Ribbed salt 19th Century

20A Stiegel-type salt with expanded diamond pattern c. 1765-1800

65A Cobalt bowl c. 1780-1800

04A Patty pan 19th Century

27A Paneled molded bowl 19th Century

72A Three mold dish 19th Century

90A Aquamarine Swirled Bowl

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Wine Glasses and Strap Handled Mugs

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64E Pair of early English or American gin glasses 18th Century

03A Trumpet shaped wine glass

40A and 41A Pair of pattern molded wines.

34A Panelled wine

96E English or American light green wineglass c.1820

16A American Large strap handled trailed Mug Late 18th Century

48A American Small strap handled trailed Mug Late 18th Century

60A Small strap handled trailed Mug Late 18th Century

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Water and Whiskey Pattern-molded Tumblers c. 1850-1899

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42A Diamond thumb print pattern

51A Waffle and thumb print pattern

52A Bull’s eye pattern

53A Comet pattern

55A Horn of plenty pattern

68A Tumbler

69A Anna’s glass front

69A Anna’s glass back

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Fry glass 1916-1930

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The Fry glass in our collection is the heat resistant borosilicate glass made by H. C. Fry Glass Company in Rochester, PA 1902-1930. This company made complete dinner sets, tea sets and a large variety of heat-resistant oven glassware from 1916 to 1930 under a license from the Corning Glass Works.

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44A Fry tea pot

66A Fry tea pot with green handle and spout

Fry tea pot with blue handle and spout

67A Fry cup with green handle and saucer

68A Fry small bowl on green base

73A Fry cup with blue handle and saucer

74A Fry small cup with blue handle and saucer

75A Fry large cup with blue handle

Grouping of cups and saucers with blue handles

77A Small covered dish and saucer

BOHEMIAN ENGRAVED WINEGLASS

Bohemian Engraved Wine Glass

H: 13cm   Circa: 1700

 

Remarks:A bohemian engraved wineglass with trumpet shaped bowl on a short solid stem with a merese and small knob on a folded and engraved foot.

 

LARGE GREEN ROEMER

Large Green Roemer

58E Tall Dark Green Roemer Late 17th Century H 15.8cm

The bowl on this tall Roemer is large and plain. The open stem is decorated with raspberry prunts and connected to a spiral foot made from a glass thread.  This glass is very to similar 31E which is slightly smaller 15.5 cm.

 

 

NARROW-NECKED JUG

NARROW-NECKED ROMAN JUG  of Nico F. Bijnsdorp

First half of 1st century AD.  Western Roman Empire, probably Cologne.

H= 22.4 cm. D max= 13.8 cm. D rim= 4.5 cm. D base= 7.2 cm. Weight 281 gr.

Classification: Isings 1957: Form 52a.

Condition: Intact. Incrustation on exterior and interior. Iridescence and some pitting.

Technique: Free blown, tooled. Handle applied.

Description: Transparent yellowish amber glass. Large jug. Triangular hollow rim, somewhat irregularly folded out, down, and up. Tall tubular neck with slight upward taper and constriction at its base. Near spherical body. Open pushed-in base ring with slightly concave underside and no pontil mark. Angular handle with four wide-set ribs applied to shoulder, drawn upvertically and attached at right angle to neck just below the rim. Excess glass folded back and up against underside of rim, creating a small open loop on top of the handle.

Remarks: Narrow necked jugs are among the earliest luxury Roman glass tableware, imitating pottery jugs. The elegant handles were made with great care and precision. These jugs were commonly made with an open pushed-in base ring, although closed also occurred.

Provenance: The David and Jennifer Giles Collection, London, UK, 2007.

Published: Groen & Rossum 2011, Thermenmuseum Heerlen (NL),  p. 58.

Exhibited:Thermenmuseum Heerlen (NL), Romeins Glas uit Particulier Bezit, 29 April – 28 August 2011, No. 063.

 References: Stern 2001, Ernesto Wolf Collection, No. 30. Sotheby’s 7 July 1994, The Benzian Collection, No. 153.

LIGHT GREEN MODERN ROEMER

Light Green Wine

48E Light green Roemer 19-20th Century H: 4 ½ inches

This contemporary light green wine glass has elements of both early Roemers and English stem ware of the 18^th Century.  It was probably made in Europe or England.

 

 

 

 

CORE-FORMED OINOCHOE

CORE-FORMED OINOCHOE of Nico F. Bijnsdorp

Mid 4th – early 3rd century BC. Probably Italian or Eastern Mediterranean.

H= 11.3 cm. D max= 6.0 cm. D base= 3.8 cm. Weight 121 gr.

 

Classification: Grose 1989: Class II: AF. Form II:3.

Condition: Intact. Glossy appearance. Some light weathering.

Technique: Core formed. Rim tooled, handle and pad-foot applied. Marvered and unmarvered threads applied.

Description: Translucent cobalt blue ground with opaque yellow, opaque white and opaque turquoise decoration. Broad trefoil rim. Tall cylindrical neck with slight taper upward. Almost right-angled junction with rounded shoulder. Ovoid body with distinct convex curve. Broad circular pad-base with slightly concave underside and rounded edge. A vertical, ribbed strap handle arches to the top of the rim. Unmarvered opaque yellow threads wound around the edge of rim and pad-base and spirally in horizontal lines around the neck. On the shoulder a marvered opaque yellow thread wound spirally in six till seven revolutions. Below two marvered opaque turquoise horizontal lines, partly combed into a zigzag pattern. Eight marvered opaque white spirally wound threads at the middle of the body, tooled into a zigzag pattern. On lower body three bands of marvered spiral lines in opaque yellow, turquoise and white. Faint vertical ribbing on upper body due to tooling.

Provenance: Breitbart Collection. The Cyrus Collection of Core Form Glass.

Published: Groen & Rossum 2011, Romeins Glas uit Particulier Bezit, p. 17. Sotheby’s 9 December 2003, No. 89. Safani Gallery 1995, The Cyrus Collection of Core Form Glass, P16. Sotheby’s 20 June 1990, The Breitbart Collection, No. 56.

Reference: Grose 1989, Toledo Museum, No. 146. Stern 1994, Ernesto Wolf Collection, No. 53. Arveiller-Dulong 2000, Louvre Museum, No. 145. Saldern 1980, Hans Cohn Collection, Nos. 7 and 8.

THE LEGION OF HONOR MUSEUM

The Legion of Honor Museum

The Legion of Honor is part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The name is used both for the museum collection and for the building in which it is housed. The collection spanning more than 6,000 years of ancient and European art houses the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts in a neoclassical building overlooking Lincoln Park and the Golden Gate Bridge. They have a fine glass collection of about 3,400 objects of which 114 are ancient Roman and Islamic.

Link to museum web site:  https://legionofhonor.famsf.org/

Below are some pictures of this beautiful glass collection

Late Roman Bottle with Neck Ruffle

This bottle is olive green; the globular body has a flattened and indented base.  The tall neck has a slight constriction where it joins the body and is decorated with a ruffled collar.    The form may be from the crossover time between Roman and Islamic periods.

H: 11cm

Late Fifth or Sixth Century

Hayes 1975 #402 & 403, Oliver 1980 #203, Auth 1976 #118, A.P.C. #N-63, Glass from the Roman Empire, Paul E. Cuperus P. 34, Israeli Museum #431

Ring Goblet

This is a rare clear glass goblet with small handles for suspending rings, originally six only one remaining. Milled thread applied to the center with wavy band decoration.  The knopped stem enclosing an elongated tear. It was probably made in the Low Countries or Germany.

C: 1^st Half of the 17^th Century

H: 16.5 cm

Published: Christie’s Amsterdam May 15, 2007 lot #26

Ref: Rijksmuseum Vol. I, 1993, #41

101E German Ring Goblet

SPANISH GLASS BOTTLE

SPANISH GLASS BOTTLE

This is a small Spanish ovoid glass bottle, of yellow tint over a blue melon knop and a folded conical foot.  There is no known parallel to this exact shape in the literature.

H: 11.5 cm

Date:First half of 17^th Century

62E Spanish Bottle First half of 17th Century