$65
AMERICAN AMBER, BLUE, AND CANARY YELLOW GLASS BOOTS, 1880, LOT OF EIGHT, H 2 1/4"-5 1/2":Includes one canary yellow glass bootie, H 2 1/4", L 4 1/8", 1880, with tread & diamond cuts designs; one two-mold canary yellow glass high boot, H 5 1/2", L 3 1/2", 1880, with scalloped top edge, buttons at the side, toes pointed & pebbled, and marked to base "Bouquet Holder Pat.d Applied For"; one amber glass shoe, H 3", L 5 3/4", C.1886, with overall daisy & button designs, 12 buttons depicted up the front, and "pat.d Oct. 19, 1886"; one two-mold blue glass bootie, H 2 1/2", L 3 1/2", 1880, with "crocheted" thread designs, and near the top are small clear rectangles where ribbon would be on bootie; one two-mold blue glass boot, H 2 1/2", L 3 1/4", 1880, raised on a circular base, base has raised squares cut in half diagonals, and wrinkles to make the boot have a worn appearance; one two-mold amber glass bootie, H 2 5/8", L 3 5/8", 1880, with zigzag top designs, and resembling a knitted bootie with threading; one two-mold blue button shoe, H 4 1/8", L 3 1/2", 1880, with threaded & scalloped designs; and one amber glass shoe on toboggan, H 2 1/2", L 5", 1885, (badly broken, as is). Ex. Collection of the Kingman Museum of Natural History, Battle Creek, MI. Donated by The Estate of Susan Stebbins Stark, Lansing, MI, Circa 1938.
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2007-04-13