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Lot 757
Sale 1252 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online
Lots Open
Nov 30, 2023
Lots Close
Dec 11, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$250 -
350
Price Realized
$315
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[WILD WEST]. 4 glass target balls. Ca late 19th-early 20th century.
4 glass target balls, each approx. 2 1/2 in. dia.
Includes: Glass ball with deep blue hue with diamond crosshatching and a flattened equatorial band with "N.B. GLASS WORKS PERTH" with reversed "ss" and upside down "P." Stands for "North British Glassworks, Perth, Scotland." -- 2 unmarked balls with amber hue, filled with small brown feathers (lacking corks). -- Unmarked glass ball with purple hue.
Together, 4 antique glass target balls produced in the thousands during the 19th century, most destroyed by use.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.