BLOWN-MOLDED COMMERCIAL PUNGENTS / SCENT BOTTLES, LOT OF THREE, colorless opalescent, opaque white/milk glass, and deep blue with opal marbling swirls, each concave eight-sided form with threaded neck, original pewter caps. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. and others. 1850-1870. 2 3/8" to 2 1/2" H.
Opal marbled with a chip to the mouth, probably as made, remainder undamaged, caps with minor imperfections.
Literature: Parallels McKearin/Wilson - American Bottles & Flasks, p. 390, pl. 106, fig. 8.
Provenance: Collection of the late Alvina Breckel of Oley, PA and Winnetka, IL._x000D_
Blue with swirls and opaque white examples from David L. Good, 11/14/97._x000D_
Opalescent example from South Pointe Antiques, Adamstown, PA, 11/5/93.

Opal marbled with a chip to the mouth, probably as made, remainder undamaged, caps with minor imperfections.