Sold for:
$338
$338
Two Blown Cobalt and Colorless Glass Dome String Dispensers, 19th century, with applied transparent cobalt blue bands on top and bottom rim, (base chips), ht. 4 5/8, 5 1/2, dia. 5 3/8, 5 in., respectively. These string dispensers were reportedly used in a Shaker herb or medicinal products shop but may also have been used in a community's trustee's office, where worldly visitors could buy Shaker products, and the string used to tie up the packages.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-06-15
