Posted 14 years ago
Mixie01
(1 item)
19-th Century Inscribed "WILLIAMIVTHS REFORM CORDIAL" on front of this stoneware flask.
Inscribed " Belper & Denby * Bournes Potteries* Derbyshire*" on back.
Found at a hidden away antique shop in remote mountains.
Would love to know the value of it!
Similar one on ebay recently for $85 -- http://cgi.ebay.com/BELPER-BOURNE-DENBY-REFORM-FLASK-LORD-JOHN-RUSSELL-/400135620351?cmd=ViewItem&hash=item5d29f106ff
They seem to have come down from earlier sales --
1 sold as part of group for L611 (pounds) in 2004 --
http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=lotdetails&iSaleItemNo=1549680&iSaleNo=11043&sServer=http://images1.bonhams.com/&sPath=2004-10/03/4078169-11-1.jpg
1 sold in 1998 for $468 -- http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=1333517
Another lot of 2 for L391 in 1998 -- http://www.sothebys.com/app/live/lot/LotDetail.jsp?lot_id=338G6
Look at that woman go...
This flask is a mid 2oth century reproduction. Several different types were made during the 1970s by the Bourne pottery including William IVth, Lord John Russell, Daniel O'Connell, and Old Tom (man on a barrel).
This ebay sale is an example of another one. They do often turn up for sale described as the real (1830s - 40s) thing, especially on ebay but also in antique shops and by antique dealers.
Forgot to put in the ebay link!
http://cgi.ebay.com/BELPER-BOURNE-DENBY-REFORM-FLASK-LORD-JOHN-RUSSELL-/400135620351?cmd=ViewItem&hash=item5d29f106ff#ht_819wt_1139