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Smelling Bottle

Smelling Bottle

Glassware

Miniature scent bottle. Body has a diamond patterned frame with a three-leaf clover inside it.

Smelling Bottle

Smelling Bottle

Glassware

Bulbous miniature scent bottle. Overall pattern of horizontal lines arranged in sections gives a layered brick motif. Front of the bottle has an empty circular frame. Lip is rough.

Snuff Bottle

Snuff Bottle

Glassware

Olive green snuff bottle, square body with rounded shoulders. Slightly flared lip, narrow neck, mouth of the bottle is not centered on the body.

Snuff Bottle

Snuff Bottle

Glassware

Olive green snuff bottle with cork intact. Mold-blown bottle. Rectangular body with rounded shoulders. Imperfections in the glass and narrow neck with a slightly flared rim.

Snuff Bottle

Snuff Bottle

Glassware

Mold-blown green glass bottle with octagonal body. Bead finish lip.

Snuff Bottle

Snuff Bottle

Glassware

Mold-blown amber snuff bottle with cork intact. Body is square with rounded shoulders. There are two dots present on the bottom of the bottle.

Snuff Bottle

Snuff Bottle

Glassware

Olive green snuff bottle with cork intact. Mold blown, slightly flared rim, narrow neck, rectangular body with rounded shoulders.

Snuff Bottle

Snuff Bottle

Glassware

Mold-blown yellow amber bottle, rectangular with rounded edges. Narrow neck, slightly flared rim. Pontil scar on bottom.

Snuff Bottle

Snuff Bottle

Glassware

Mold blown olive green bottle. Rectangular bottle with rounded shoulders, neck is long with a pontil scar on the bottom. Irregularities in the glass.

Snuff Bottle

Snuff Bottle

Glassware

Dark olive-green snuff bottle. Mold-blown square bottle with rounded shoulders. Rim is slightly flared with a narrow neck. Pontil scar on the bottom.

Snuff Bottle

Snuff Bottle

Glassware

Amber mold-blown bottle. Open pontil scar on the bottom and slightly flared lip. Square body, rounded shoulders, narrow neck.

Soup Bowl

Soup Bowl

Object/Artifact

Pink luster bowl with grapevine decorations throughout the rim.

Spoon

Spoon

Object/Artifact

Carved "crooked" spoon. Handle is at a right angle, wide bowl.

Staffordshire Plate

Staffordshire Plate

Object/Artifact

Staffordshire child's plate. Illustration of a man leaning against a tree reading a book with a fishing rod hooked up to a machine on the shore. With the words "Symptoms of Angling" curved under the illustration. Cracks present.

Stopper

Stopper

Glassware

Blown glass decanter stopper. Starburst design in the center with swirled edge. Object 2023.28.035 uses the same mold.

Sugar Bowl

Sugar Bowl

Object/Artifact

Rectangular pink luster sugar bowl with lid. Grapevine detailing along body of sugar bowl, lid, and small flat shaded sprigs along bowl's rim. Finial shaped like a flower with eight petals.

Sugar Bowl

Sugar Bowl

Object/Artifact

Large ornate pink luster sugar bowl with two leaf-like handles. Finial is detailed with flat coloring and small white repoussé creating texture. Flat coloring along neck of pink sprigs. Pink bands along lid's body, rim of sugar bowl, and body of sugar bowl. The large bands on the lid and sugar bowl are detailed with abstract lines.

Sugar Bowl

Sugar Bowl

Glassware

Cranberry glass. Covered sugar bowl with domed lid, finial made of clear glass. Pontil scar on bottom.

Surveyor's Tape

Surveyor's Tape

Object/Artifact

A spool of surveyor's tape. Container is made of tin, the spool is made of brass. The tape it also made of tin. Spool handle folds in and still moves.

Tea Plate

Tea Plate

Object/Artifact

Pink luster tea plate with large red flower in the center. Large pink band covers most of the interior and is decorated with grapevine leaves.

Tea Plate

Tea Plate

Object/Artifact

Pink luster tea plate with large red flower in the center. Large pink band covers most of the interior and is decorated with grapevine leaves.

Teacup

Teacup

Object/Artifact

Pink luster tea cup with grapevine detailing on the majority of the body, along lip. Small, flat shaded detailing along handle.

Teacup

Teacup

Object/Artifact

Pink luster teacup with abstract squiggle throughout pink band on cup's outer body. Flower design inside of a pink and yellow flower, green leaves, and accompanying purple beads and petals. Simple handle with flat colored stroke of luster.

Teacup

Teacup

Object/Artifact

Pink luster teacup with abstract squiggle throughout pink band on cup's outer body. Flower design inside of a pink flower, green leaves, and accompanying purple beads and petals. Simple handle with flat colored stroke of luster.

Teacup

Teacup

Object/Artifact

Pink luster teacup with abstract line design throughout pink band on cup's outer body. Flower design inside of a pink and yellow flower, large green leaves, and accompanying purple beads and petals. Simple handle with flat colored stroke of luster.

Teacup

Teacup

Object/Artifact

Pink luster teacup with abstract line design throughout pink band on cup's outer body. Flower design inside of a pink flower, green leaves, and accompanying purple beads and petals. Simple handle with flat colored stroke of luster.

Teapot

Teapot

Object/Artifact

Pink luster teapot with rectangular body, leaf-like handle with simple luster designs. Spout is ornate with similar luster designs, with small petal-like pattern on the side of the trunk. The middle of the teapot has a wide band of pink luster covering most of the belly with a abstract squiggle design. The rim of the tea pot is decorated in the same pattern as the spout. The finial is simple, with slight divots and a pink luster dot on top.

Toothpick Holder

Toothpick Holder

Glassware

Canary glass Toothpick holder. Molded pressed hobnail glass. Bottom is the same hobnail glass pattern.

Tumbler

Tumbler

Glassware

Cobalt blue mold blown cup/tumbler. Conical glass with 6 pressed panels around the sides. Pattern of the panels is comprised of arches.

Vase

Vase

Glassware

Pressed four-printie block vase. There are lines of four printies running vertically on six panels. These panels line up with the base panels. Fluted rim, hexagonal base which has been repaired multiple times.

Vase

Vase

Object/Artifact

Blown glaass bulbous cobalt vase with white swirl decoration. Broken pontil.

Vase

Vase

Object/Artifact

Pressed glass trumpet vase in amethyst, Recessed hexagonal base. Three-Printie Block pattern runs vertically on six panels, six gauffered flutes around the rim.

Vase

Vase

Object/Artifact

Cobalt blown glass trumpet vase. Bigler pattern repeated on 6 panels. Two rows of patterns are separated horizontally by a bar and vertically by a groove. The horizontal bar, due to it's high relief distinguishes Bigler from similar patterns.

Vase

Vase

Object/Artifact

Pressed loop vase with gauffered rim, octagonal standard and square base. Top unit is violet, bottom is clear.

Vase

Vase

Glassware

Pressed four-printie block vase. There are lines of four printies running vertically on six panels. These panels line up with the base panels. Fluted rim, hexagonal base.

Vase

Vase

Object/Artifact

Bulb vase. Three piece washer stem, bulbous body, on square pedestal, reeded.

Vase and Witch Ball

Vase and Witch Ball

Glassware

Vaseline (aka Canary) yellow, glass vase. Circular hollow base thumb print / loop pattern. 7 loops. Tapered stem wide at opening into floral like petals. 12 petals. Hexagon wafer connecting base and stem. Solid yellow blown glass witch ball.

Vase and Witch Ball

Vase and Witch Ball

Glassware

Cobalt blue vase. fluted glass base. 16 loops around tapered stem widening at opening into pointed floral like rim. 12 petals, hollow base. Matching solid cobalt glass witch ball.

Vase and Witch Ball

Vase and Witch Ball

Glassware

Trumpet shaped vase with vertical panels around sides. Panels are arched, scalloped rim, baluster stem with hollow square foot. Matching witch ball, solid teal.

Warner's Medicine Bottle

Warner's Medicine Bottle

Glassware

Warner's Safe Kidney & Liver Cure Medicine Bottle. Amber bottle, one side blank, one side is embossed with the name of the product and illustration of a safe. Shoulders are rounded, neck is tapered and is finished with a double collared mouth.

Whimsey

Whimsey

Glassware

Free blown whimsey puzzle jug. Handle and arbor top with added scales, leaves and blobs.

Whimsey

Whimsey

Object/Artifact

Two piece blown glass whimsey. Glass cylindrical tube with opening at the top. A red wire is wrapped around the lip and is connected to a purple ball which has a glass ornament hanging from it. The tube is mounted to a molded square glass base with four circular tiers.

Wick Trimmer

Wick Trimmer

Object/Artifact

Iron wick trimmer with scissor blade and function. Scissors snip the wick of the candle. Side of the oval opens to reveal blade. Arms are slightly curved. Three legs on the bottom hold the object up.

Wick Trimmer

Wick Trimmer

Object/Artifact

Iron wick trimmer with scissor shape and function. Scissors snip the wick of the candle. Bolt near the middle acts as a hinge. Arms are straight. Three legs on the bottom hold the object up.

Wick Trimmer

Wick Trimmer

Object/Artifact

Iron wick trimmer with scissor shape and function. Scissors snip the wick of the candle. Bolt near the middle acts as a hinge. Arms are curved and end in a flourish. Three legs on the bottom hold the object up.

Wick Trimmer

Wick Trimmer

Object/Artifact

Iron wick trimmer with scissor shape and function. Scissors are used to snip the wick of the candle. Bolt near the middle acts as a hinge. Arms are curved. Three legs on the bottom hold the object up. Patented snuffer, unusual mechanism.

Wine Glass

Wine Glass

Object/Artifact

Trumpet-shaped bowl with thick stem and circular foot. Thin walls. Colorless glass. Rim of foot is plain. Pontil is ground smooth

Witch Ball

Witch Ball

Glassware

Blown glass witch ball, clear and light green swirls. Open pontil mark, hollow.

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