Ghost Glass. England: Jack Hughes, ca. 1949. An empty glass is inverted on a thin wooden tray and covered with a cloth. A chosen card vanishes from the pack and when the cloth is whisked away, the card has appeared inside the glass. Tray 10 x 7 ”. Hallmarked. Very good.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
Ghost Glass. England: Jack Hughes, ca. 1949. An empty glass inverted on a thin tray is covered with a cloth. A chosen card vanishes and Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-08-27
Snake Basket. England: Jack Hughes, ca. 1970. A woven basket contains a live snake who, after considerable comedic by-play (he rises from the basket with Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-08-27
Visible Coins in Glass. London: Jack Hughes, ca. 1965. Four coins vanish and visibly reappear in a shot glass on a small stand covered by Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
Eight Pieces of Victorian Art Glass, England, 19th century, including a "Jack-in-the-pulpit" vase, two baskets, and two cased pitchers, ht. to 12 1/2 in. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-09-08
Seventeen Books on British and Irish Glass, An Illustrated Guide to Eighteenth-Century English Drinking Glasses , by L.M. Bickerton, 1971; English, Scottish & Irish Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-01-12
10. Attaboy, two examples. Including one manufactured by Abbott’s Magic of Colon, Michigan; and one by the originator, Jack Hughes of England. The bellhop appears Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-10-26
Cranberry Glass Rose Bowl, a Mary Gregory Blue Opalene Covered Jar, a Cased Striped Jack-in-the-Pulpit and a New England Peachblow Vase. Provenance: Ex-Stranahan Collection, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2003-10-23
Dark Brown Etched Blown Glass Rolling Pin "LOOK OUT FOR SQUALLS/JACK 1847," probably England, mid-19th century, decorated with marine imagery including anchors and sailing vessels, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-06-01
Reverse Painting on Glass "H.M.S. VERNON 50 GUNS," probably England, 19th century, the three-masted vessel identified in the eglomise at lower margin, flying the Union Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2017-03-23
Three Nautical Navigation Instruments, late 19th/early 20th century, a mahogany cased "Sestral" hand-bearing compass, model no. 1671, made by Henry Browne & Son, Ltd., Barking Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-07-28
