$3,290
Olive Amber Glass Lafayette Historical Flask, Coventry Glass Works, Connecticut, 1824-25, pint flask, the obverse with "LA FAYETTE" in a semi-circle over bust and horizontal bar and the initials "TS" for the operator of the glass company Thomas Stebbins, the reverse with Masonic pillars, arch, pavements, and emblems, pontil scar, (minor wear), ht. 7 3/8 in. Literature: American Glass , George S. and Helen McKearin, Crown Publishers, New York, 1962, see example GI-83, pp. 528-29.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2003-02-23