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BLOWN AND ENGRAVED WHISKEY JUG, colorless, chestnu

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BLOWN AND ENGRAVED WHISKEY JUG, colorless, chestnut form with polished flat sides, panel-cut neck, tooled lip, and applied handle, engraved decorations of foliate wreaths and stars, additionally engraved "Whiskey" and "J.G.K" on sides, polished pontil mark, original flat disk stopper engraved with a matching wreath. Probably Boston & Sandwich Glass Co . 1865-1887. 8 3/4" high overall, 5 3/4" diameter overall .
Reference: See the 1874 Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. trade catalog, p. 14, for closely related examples.
Parallels B & K V, fig. 5039.
Provenance: The Duff & Molly Allen Collection. Shawme Pond Antiques, Sandwich, MA

Undamaged. In the photo, what appears to be a crack at the top of the handle is actually only a slightly pinched tool mark on the front and back of the handle. This does not have the appearance of a crack when the jug is seen in person

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