PILLAR-MOLDED NEAR PAIR OF CELERY GLASSES / VASES, alabaster/clambroth with applied starch blue ribs, very lightly sanded surface, primarily to interiors, each deep bowl with eight ribs and lightly gauffered rim, raised on slightly differing baluster-form stems, each circular foot with polished pontil mark. Probably New England, possibly Mt. Washington Glass Works. Circa 1850-1870. 9 1/4" H, 5" D rim, 4 3/4" D foot.
Literature: See Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates - The Layton Pillar Mold Collection, 9/26/09, lot 2 for a three-pint pitcher of identical color and surface.
Provenance: Collection of Pat and the late Bret Morey of Griswold, CT.

Catalogue Note: An extremely rare pair of vases in colors commonly associated with New England glass houses and the type of sanded surface now associated with Mt. Washington. Ken Wilson - Mt. Washington & Pairpoint Glass illustrates a pillar dip mold used at the Mt. Washington Glass Works in New Bedford, MA, along with an associated jug, p. 81, figs. 4-18, 4-19. Wilson also notes that a large pillar-molded pitcher was included in the Mt. Washington display at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. A stereographic view taken at the exhibit shows the pitcher among the many different types and forms of glass being produced by the company.

Outstanding undamaged condition, one with a bruise to interior of pontil mark, as made.