ASSORTED ENGLISH PRESSED VASELINE OPALESCENT ARTICLES, LOT OF SIX
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Description
ASSORTED ENGLISH PRESSED VASELINE OPALESCENT ARTICLES, LOT OF SIX, Vaseline opalescent/Pearline (reacts under black light), including various patterned and shaped baskets, a ruffled rim trumpet-form bud vase, and a cream pitcher. Geo. Davidson & Co. and possibly others. Late 19th/early 20th century. 6" L boat-form basket, 4 7/8" HOA.
Literature: See Skelcher - Big Book of Vaseline Glass, Ch. 12, p. 56 onwards for discussion of Davidsons and photos 19, 23, 24, and 25 for illustrations of identical pieces to those offered here.
Provenance:
From the private collection of Nancy Hillman, Mount Laurel, NJ.
Condition
Excellent condition overall, most undamaged, a couple with some minor wear and/or interior residue. Some with roughness to pontil scars of one basket and others with incomplete factory polishing to extremities of feet, all as-made.
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- 25%