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Steer's Head

The Steer's Head made by Challinor, Taylor & Company, Limited.  This piece is illustrated in the company's catalog, circa 1891.

Boar's Head

The Boar's Head made by Atterbury, and carries the patent date May 29, 1888.

Large Standing Turkey Covered Dish

The Granddaddy of all the standing turkey covered dishes. It was created by Challinor, Taylor & Co. about the same time as its other "Farm Yard" animal dishes (circa 1891), and was continued in production using the original moulds by the United States Glass Company to about 1900.

Fat Dutchman Bottle

The Fat Dutchman, Pipe and Bowl Flask, or the John Barleycorn bottle.  Maker of this is unknown.

Cow on Wheat

A butter dish, almost certainly of English origin, probably made by Sowerby or Greener.

Egg Candies

Set are Egg Candy Containers made by the Libbey Cut Glass Co. Toledo Ohio, and are marked that way on the back. On the front they say the COLOMBIAN 1893 EXHIBITION, this was the World's Fair in Chicago IL. You only find these one at a time, because that is how they sold them, one at a time with candy in them.  If they are not marked, the MT. Washington Glass Co. helped Libby fill the order for them. After the candy was gone you could use them as salt and pepper shakers.

Independence Hall

One of the oldest pieces of glass that is dated is the Independence Hall. It was a candy container that could be used as a bank after the candy was gone. It is dated on the side 1776-1876 and was sold at the first World's Fair 1876 in the U.S.A.

Trinket Box / Humidor

It was called a  trinket box and was made by the New Martinsville Glass Manufacturing Co.  It is also pictured on the front of the New Martinsville book. Actually it is not a trinket box at all but a cigar humidor and it is very rare to find it in this color.

Snail on Strawberry

The Snail on a Strawberry in every variant that there is. The two small one's are a sugar, and a mustard container made by Vallerysthal.  The larger one is made by Portieux and is a butter dish.

Akro Agate Milk Glass Colonial Lady Puff Box

Made by the Akro Agate Company of Clarksburg, West Virginia in the early 1940s as powder jars for Landers Distributors. Marked on the base with "Made in the U S of America" on the base with the Akro "Kro" logo.

Atterbury Blue Marbled Milk Glass Hen

From the 1880s, this beautiful hen was made by Atterbury & Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. These hens were made for kitchen tables to keep boiled eggs warm. There are at least six known marbled colors of this famous hen -- red, yellow, brown, blue, green, and black. The hen had a distinctive eye socket -- made to affix glass eyes.

Caramel Glass Cameo Sugar

This gorgeous sugar bowl was produced by a small French maker named Thouvenin. It has a beautiful cameo of a woman in relief on both sides of the bowl. Measures five and a half inches tall and four and a quarters inches wide.

French Caramel Ruffled Edge Vase

A beautiful French vase with embossed thistle and leaves. The mold work is superb.

 
Blue Hen Double Salt

A French made plump little hen double salt. Marked on the bottom with "SV." Measures three and three quarter inches across.

Meisenthal Swan

This lovely swan is marked "MEISENTHAL" which is one of the lesser know French glass companies. Probably dates to the 1880's. Mold detail and glass quality are superb.

Indian Head Ft. Necessity Plate

A beautiful seven and one quarter inch plate with inverted lacy heart border. Features an Indian Chief in full headdress and "Fort Necessity" embossed beside it.

Fostoria Pink Milk Glass Hen

This is Fostoria's 2676/422 pink milk glass hen. During the last big milk glass craze in the early 1960s, Fostoria pulled many of their molds out of storage and poured them in milk white, aqua, and pink. The pink items are by far the most popular items today. Notice the eyes on this lovely 7 inch hen. They are not molded, but made for glass eye inserts. Fostoria was the last maker to make eye sockets in their hens -- one of the easy ways to distinguish their hens.

Caramel Opaque Serpent Vase

Another European addition. Again, not shown in any known catalogs, but the color, workmanship, and subject strongly suggests European original. Beautifully crafted vase with a painted serpent entwined around the vase.

European Green Opaque Sugar Bowl

This lovely sugar  was made  in Germany by Fenner Glashütte.  The bowl runs from a lovely green opaque to almost clear on the edges. Measures just short of 5 inches wide and 5 inches high.

Vallerysthal Alligator

This novelty covered animal dish was manufactured by Vallerysthal as a Trinket box.  This one was painted and measures 12 inches long.  It was also made in blue.

McKee Rooster

McKee Rooster on split rib base. The picture accurately reflects the very pale green of the piece, with both top and bottom matching exactly as to color. A departure from the usual white but also sometimes found in an equally pale pink and lavender. Rare in this color. (Ferson No. 112 in white)

Akro Agate/Westite Jadite Milk Glass Powder Jar

This beautiful powder jar was made by The Westite Corporation in the 1930s before fire destroyed the factory and the mold. Measures 5¼ inches across and 3½ inches tall. 

Monkey Waste Bowl

The Monkey pattern is reported to have been produced in the late 1800's. It has been attributed to George Duncan & Sons but nothing definite has been proven to date. The design consists of monkeys, each holding the tail of the monkey in front. The set has been found without paint and with the cold paint as shown in the example here. You will find, in addition to the waste bowl shown, a butter dish, celery vase, creamer, mugs, pickle jar, water pitcher, spoon holder, sugar bowl, and water tumbler.

Sitting Pig Bottle

An advertisement for the company that dispensed a product in it.  The maker is unknown.

Queen Victoria

The Victoria Statuette is pictured in The Milk Glass Book, plate # 52. The unusual part was the color. It is believed it to be of English origin.

Hog Bottle

The Good Old Rye in a Hog Bottle.  Maker of this bottle is unknown.

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