THE GREAT EASTERN PHILADa ET WHITEHEAD Quart
- Sold Winning Bid: $2,365.00
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- High Bidder: Eifler
- Lot # 254
- System ID # 1502540
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Size: QUART
Color: AQUAMARINE
Closure: Original threaded glass stopper (edge chips on the stopper flange, bigger one is shown). The search for a more perfect stopper should not be difficult, as there are many original stoppers in circulation, while scant few jars are known to exist.
Appearance: shiny glass
Condition: jar in great shape with no damage
Embossing: medium
Base: unmarked
Age: c1866
Availability: Rare. The SS Great Eastern was ocean-faring iron sailing steam ship built in London and launched in 1858. It was the largest ship ever built to that date, with a capacity to take 4,000 passengers from England to Australia without refueling. The ship served for several years as a passenger liner between Great Britain and North America before being converted to a cable-laying ship and laying the first lasting transatlantic telegraph cable in 1866. It was most probably this latter feat that this jar was meant to commemorate. ET Whitehead was a dealer in lamps & glassware in Philadelphia in the 1860's. Ex: Cay Bettinghaus, ex Alex Kerr
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