Stoddard utilitarian ware is expensive because it is rare and in demand. However, real Stoddard utilitarian ware is also typically quite attractive and appealing (unlike this piece).
WOW! What a piece of crap! I don't collect Stoddard and even I wouldn't be fooled by that piece of Mexican-eastern European junk. If a person is going to collect any of the foremost American glass factory glass, they should know how to tell it from this kind of junk. Which is why I don't collect historical flasks, which are the most reproed of all American glass, and some of those repros are way way better than this!!!