Two tubular pontil umbrella inks

[POLECAT]

Could anyone give me an educated guess as to what region these were blown in and also what kind of price they might command? One is either puce or cranberry, the other is a bright green, maybe leaning towards emerald or yellow-green with possibly a bit of olive to it.

 

[adshepard]

Absolutely no idea but they are beautiful.

 

[Privyprowlerz]

hi Polecat. dark green one maybe $300, +/- $50.

The other one...... anything could happen in an auction setting. it's a desirable, oddball color.

Jim

 

[andy volkerts]

The copper puce one could go for over 500.00 any shade of puce is pretty popular now, I would say maybe Stoddard glassworks for the maker....Andy

 

[POLECAT]

Figured colors like these would have come from somewhere south of New England or the mid-west.

The puce has a sticker on the bottom, says it sold in 1993 for somewhere in the thousand dollar range (forgot the exact price on it). Does that sound right for '93?

 

[sunrunner]

wow! super good.

 

[botlguy]

Looking at my 1996 Watt White ink bottle auction leads me to say the PUCE would bring well over $1,000 today, probably close to or more than $2,000 - 3,000 if inks are hot right now. # 233 is listed as Smoky-Puce & blown in Baltimore and it closed at $3,000. # 234, Salmon-Puce, South Jersey or Baltimore, closed at $1,250. #235 Deep-Puce, Baltimore, closed at $2,600. #236 Rich-Amethyst, Baltimore, closed at $2,400. #253 brilliant clear green, attributed to Stoddard or Keene, closed at $1,000.#255 (not pontiled) Dark Forest Green, New York state, $280

BTW, Polecat from insulator collecting Fame?

 

[POLECAT]

Yes from the insulator collecting world. Is this Jim S.? I know Jim H. is into bottles and from the West also. Thanks for the great info! Much appreciated.

-Mason

 

[botlguy]

Yes from the insulator collecting world. Is this Jim S.? I know Jim H. is into bottles and from the West also. Thanks for the great info! Much appreciated.

-Mason

Yes, this the former Spiral Groove Guru. Always happy to help with whatever I might know. Jim Sinsley

 

[bottlediggingcop]

No idea, but very pretty inks.