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Thu, Mar 5, 2026 10:00AM EST
Lot 206

[ART] (14) Large Lot of 19th c. Glass Flasks, Bottles and Earthenware Jugs

Estimate: $150 - $300

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$100 $25
$300 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$50,000 $5,000

A collection of (14) jugs, jars, flasks and vials. A combination of glass, earthenware and metal. Sizes range from the largest at approx. 3 1/2 (diam.) x 12 in. and the smallest at approx. 1 1/4 x 2 in. 

 

A handsome collection of historic jugs, jars, flasks and vials. While most of them are unmarked, a few indicate their purposes or who made them.

 

The smallest brown jar is labeled "Poison," and another glass jar boasts it held "Gun Oil." The cobalt glass vial used to hold Acker's English Remedy, distributed by W.H. Hooker & Co. in the late 19th century, would help cure throat and lung diseases. One of the jugs has the name C.L. Kornahrens, a soda producer and bottler from late-19th century Charleston, South Carolina. Another jug is stamped with the seal of Georg Kreuzberg, who bottled mineral water from the modern-day Bad Neuenahr spring in 1852 in Germany. Lastly, the top of one of the flasks is stamped with a guarantee of no leaks from New York-based W.T. Fry, a flask producer from as early as the Civil War era. 

 

Note: This lot cannot be packaged and shipped in-house. Successful bidders winning items marked as being packaged and shipped by a third-party service are responsible for paying the third party directly. We are happy to offer complimentary drop-off service to local third-party packing/shipping companies in Columbus, Ohio. 

 

[Civil War, Union, Confederate] [Art, Accouterment, Ceramics, Pottery, Glasswork, Metalwork]

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