Steve/sewell
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I knew Bosom would hook some of you[8D]....... I am trying to get a color and different pattern run going but these things are quite rare and most of the time you see them in clear and cobalt blue. I have seen one in light topaz and I know bottle glass aqua exists but again those are rare color's. All of these bottle are 3 and a half inches in length or less. In colonial times baths were not an everyday occurrence in fact once every 4 to 5 days was the norm. Women in particular would be concerned about personal hygiene and these smelling salts would do the trick between bathing's. They were the febreze perfume of the day!!
All of these are pattern molded bottles, they have sheared off pontils and they were all manufactured from the mid to late 1700s Here goes, first up a group shot showing the colors and their comparative size to a set of house keys.
Left to right Clear Flint glass Diamond Pattern Stiegel or Kensington Philadelphia each Factory listed them in their catalogs 1765 to 1770. 2nd from the left and 6th to the right are the same pattern mold made at Manheim Pennsylvania by Wilhelm Henry Stiegel. George Mckearin owned the Violet one and Frederick W Hunter owned the clear example again 1765 to 1770. Both bottles came from the American Heritage Society Americana Auction in 1976.Third from the left is another Clear large diamond design Stiegel made bottle from the same 1765 to 1770 time period. Attribution is made based on the same exact pattern on Salts and creamers attributed to his factory.
The small dark cobalt blue example fourth from the left is American made but could have been made at any works operating in the 1780 to 1800 time period. The dark green example is my favorite one and I have never seen another one in this green color. It is quite old mid 1700s either Wistarburgh,or Stiegel 1750 to 1765. It to was part of the American Heritage Society Americana Auction of 1976. I purchased it in March of 2009 Hank Flowers purchased it at Stacks ASuction House in New York City in the January 12 through 14th THE AMERICANA SALE. The very dark Cobalt blue example to the far right is a 1780 to 1800 manufactured example and is also American made.
All of these are pattern molded bottles, they have sheared off pontils and they were all manufactured from the mid to late 1700s Here goes, first up a group shot showing the colors and their comparative size to a set of house keys.
Left to right Clear Flint glass Diamond Pattern Stiegel or Kensington Philadelphia each Factory listed them in their catalogs 1765 to 1770. 2nd from the left and 6th to the right are the same pattern mold made at Manheim Pennsylvania by Wilhelm Henry Stiegel. George Mckearin owned the Violet one and Frederick W Hunter owned the clear example again 1765 to 1770. Both bottles came from the American Heritage Society Americana Auction in 1976.Third from the left is another Clear large diamond design Stiegel made bottle from the same 1765 to 1770 time period. Attribution is made based on the same exact pattern on Salts and creamers attributed to his factory.
The small dark cobalt blue example fourth from the left is American made but could have been made at any works operating in the 1780 to 1800 time period. The dark green example is my favorite one and I have never seen another one in this green color. It is quite old mid 1700s either Wistarburgh,or Stiegel 1750 to 1765. It to was part of the American Heritage Society Americana Auction of 1976. I purchased it in March of 2009 Hank Flowers purchased it at Stacks ASuction House in New York City in the January 12 through 14th THE AMERICANA SALE. The very dark Cobalt blue example to the far right is a 1780 to 1800 manufactured example and is also American made.
