Blown Cobalt Blue Glass M. G. Husted Belsnickle Santa Claus Bottle
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Directory: Popular Collectibles: Decorations: Holiday: Pre 1940: Item # 1455728
Directory: Popular Collectibles: Decorations: Holiday: Pre 1940: Item # 1455728
$395.00
A very rare cobalt blue version of the Santa Claus or Belsnickel bottle created around 1900 by Monroe Gandy Husted of the Husted-Hall Mold Works in Bridgeton, NJ. The bottle was blown into a three-part mold. This example retains the original quatrefoil-shaped front label showing a snow-covered mountain cabin surrounded by a holly leaf border. The clear bottles have an embossed “M.G. Husted” signature, but the cobalt bottles do not, leading some to suspect the blue versions were reproductions. The original label and the wear marks on the basal rim clearly indicate an early date. Husted died in 1923, so it’s likely that these bottles were made in the years following his death, up to the 1930s.
- Origin: America, 1923-38
- Condition: excellent, no chips or cracks, original paper label intact
- Height: 12-1/4”
