Sold for A$4,300
Poison / (Skull Shape) // Pat Appl'd For. Base: Crossed Bones. (C. H. Lee, Boston, United States) (This is from the late Kingsley Durdin collection). Poison. Cobalt. Figural Skull shape. Tool finished lip. Cobalt. About 1 oz. 73 mm. 1890s
Near Mint. (9.3). Actually mainly there are just some imperfections from manufacture. A tiny 1 x 1/2 mm flake to the back lip. A couple of inclusions in the glass but no faults around them. Another magnificent bottle. This is the smallest of three sizes. (2 7/8" size, KU-10 in "Poison Bottle Workbook", Kuhn). We have only ever sold one of these before in this size, back in Auction 28 in 2017, that was purchased at the time by Kingsley Durdin. This same example is now being sold as part of the late Kingsley Durdin collection, and so remains the only one that we have handled of this Worldwide classic. Estimate: $3000-4000
