FREE-BLOWN WHIMSY STOPPER WITH HAND-FORMED BIRD-FORM FINIAL

Price Realized: $263.00
Sold Date: May 20, 2017
Lot #3

bulbous hollow form topped with an applied, well-formed peafowl having pinched wings and crimped tail feathers, extension not ground to fit a decanter. Presented in a modern Simon Pearce glass block-style candleholder. Two pieces total.

Item/Auction Attributes

colorless,
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. and others.
1850-1880.

Undamaged. Minor annealing check to one wing, as made.
5 1/4" HOA, 1 3/4" DOA.

Provenance: The Joan E. Kaiser Collection of Sandwich and related glass (Acc. #94.7).
Ex-collection of Raymond E. Barlow, Windham, NH.
Joan E. Kaiser, Morrisville, VT, dealer.
2525 Antique Alley, Denver, PA.
$300.00
$500.00

Published: Barlow/Kaiser – The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 5, p. 65, fig. 5116 (retains publication label).
FREE-BLOWN WHIMSY STOPPER WITH HAND-FORMED BIRD-FORM FINIAL