Page 41 - the Alan Blakeman Catalogue

Novelty items including glass walking sticks, pipes, hats and swords were in popular demand. These are rather romantically assumed to have been produced to use up the remaining glass at the end of the working day. However, the extent of export of these pieces shows this was far more than a backdoor business.’ - Dr. Jim Peake.
87. NAILSEA TYPE HAT. 3.1ins tall. Varying from black glass where thick to mid green where thin - primarily the folded over rim. Features some typical white flecks. Base indent has a superb base pontil. No damages. 9.5/10. NR. £120- 150+
89. FREEBLOWN BEAKER DUO. 2.5ins tall. Subtly different green hues - one good mid green, the other an amber tinged green. Each features many seed bubbles. Both with base indents and pontilled. One example carries an official looking label record, from a museum perhaps? Rarely seen early glass forms. (2) 10/10. NR £60-80+
90. OCTAGONAL FREEBLOWN UTILITY BOTTLE. 3.7ins tall. A vert attractive, wonderfully crudely formed mid green glass small size utility with shallow shouler area finishing with a flared tooled lip. Many seed bubbles. Charles Aprill Collection label. Indented base, sharp pontil. No damages. 9.8/10. NR. £60-80+
88. NAILSEA
TYPE HAT. 2.4ins tall. Smaller than
the previous lot
and where thin the glass colour has a browny green tinge to it. Lotsof tiny seed bubbles.Wonderful original full body sheen, no damages. Base indent, good pontil. 10/10. NR. £120-150+