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OMN: #723 Decorated Porcelain Bottles AKA: Creased Neck Mt. Washington’s

CSNO0048

Maker: Mt. Washington Glass Company
References: Mt.Washington Glass by Wilson V1 p.316-319; 1893 Worlds Fair Mt Washington displays 1894 Pairpoint Catalog
Description:

A tall cylinder shaker with a ring neck. This set is in an original Sliver Quadruple Plate Pairpoint Holder, #723. MT. Washington numbered their sets by the Silver plate holder design. Most sets had mixed bottle decorations. Mt. Washington called the opalware bottles “Porcelain Decorated Bottles”, no matter what the painted design on them was. All catalog cuts show a mix of bottle designs in numbered Pairpoint holders. The MT. Washington salt bottles can be found in various manufactures silverplate holders. It is common to find sets of all the same decorated bottles. These were likely put together by collectors.

Decoration: Numerous variations and quality of designs
Shape: pillar, cylinder, ring neck
Colors Known: Opalware
Size: This shaker is (A) 1.20 inches directly under the ring neck is (B) 3.12″ inches top of ring to bottom, (C) 1.57″ inches across the base (Measured with a calipers). The mustard measures 3.23″ T to the top point on the lid, and is 1.90″ at its widest point.
Date/Era: 1880s- 1890s
Submitted By: S.Malherek
Special Comments:

Pillar/Creased Neck shakers are difficult to identify the manufacturer, as most manufactures during this period made them for themselves, as well as “Blanks” (undecorated Opalware), that were sold to Decorating Companies or other glass manufacturers, who then decorated them in their own designs. The same designs can be found on different Manufactures Blanks. These can be found in numerous sizes. Some, such as these speculated to Mt.Washington Glass Company, have been Identified by designs of the buildings from the 1893 Worlds Fair, where Mt. Washington had a display. The shape of the shoulder that slopes to the body is different from other Creased Neck Shakers. Size is critical in identifying these shakers, so a calipers will be extremely helpful in measurements. Tolerances are within 1-2mm.

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