VERY RARE 1800s Three Mold Blown Aquamarine Glass Beehive Vase Superb!

Description: Offered here for the serious collectors or a museum acquisition is this original, and truly exquisite,19th century three mold blown vase in Beehive form. The outstanding Aquamarine colored vase stands 8-1/4 inches tall and is about 6 inches at widest point. It has a pontil scar in the center of the base and significant wear around the base rim. I've searched for another piece of glass of this type and went to several dealers who specialize in antique American glass, but have not been able to find anything equal to it, either American or foreign made. The "Beehive" form appears as early as the mid 1700s in English glass, but aside only a few decanters in that form being documented, none are American, and those mentioned are in clear glass only. I'd almost forgot to mention that the only American piece that I've been able to make a slight comparison to is small whale oil lamps in the rare Beehive form, also in clear glass only, and which are attributed to William E. Kern, a skilled glass blower who worked at the Boston and Sandwich Glass factory in the mid 1800s. Ref.: A Guide to Sandwich Glass by Ray Barlow and Joan Kaiser, plate 5220. I'd recently sold a small plate that came from the same estate. And though I was able to compare the glass material and color as being about identical in both pieces, the pontil scars were quite different, so I cannot say if they were made at the same glasshouse. There are numerous bubbles throughout, but for the most part, they can only be felt inside. This vase does not display any mold lines, and so the maker, whoever it may have been, was a master of the craft and an expert in the technique of flame polishing. It is also highly fluorescent under UV light and weighs 2.56 pounds. Another notable fact is that the condition of both pieces, this and the one I'd sold previously, have been incredibly well preserved, which would indicate that the pieces were held in very high esteem by all the previous owners. CONDITION: There is a very light line or two of mineral deposit near the top of the vase, just below the rim, and a faint stream of the same running vertically on one side. As mentioned above, the rim of the base shows significant wear which is quite normal for glass that is nearly 200 years old. There are no cracks, chips, nicks or repairs of any kind. Item will be shipped in over-sized package. BUYER PAYS SHIPPING! Some information provided by an ebay user that may be of some help in identifying maker or areas of manufacture. Likely American, 3moldblown many other glass houses made obscure items,that were short lived,many of these early items have not been identified,and likely will not , on rare occasions some pieces can be attributed to a certain glass house, this piece reminds me of south New Jersey, late wisterburg circa 1850’ but the glass is sea green, and is free blown with a matching lid, it’s referred to as a honey pot, you’re piece may be from the north east, Albany glass works, possibly lock port??? , but I’m sure it’s American , best wishes, Tom

Price: 8500 USD

Location: Daytona Beach, Florida

End Time: 2025-02-05T04:22:54.000Z

Shipping Cost: 3 USD