Carder Steuben Shape 1500 Cologne

From David Goldstein of Naples, FL

I have owned several colognes in Shape 1500, but this is the strangest of them all. Have you ever before seen a single Steuben Cologne that combines engraving, wheel-cutting and Silver Overlay? Until now, I had not, but this one has it all.

The Shape 1500 blank is colorless glass in the 2 ounce size. The Cologne is just over 4″ tall, with a long Dauber. The Dauber has a blown hollow teardrop at the top, but it’s the decorations that makes this bottle so unusual . The top of the Dauber and the collar of the bottle are covered with Silver Overlay. The foot of the bottle is wheel cut in a simple ray pattern and the side of the bottle has wheel-cut stripes and lightly engraved swags. None of the decorative elements is unusual by itself but the combination is unusual.

There are no markings on either the glass or the silver, but the shape is right and the dauber is blown the same way as other bottles I’ve had in this shape.

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