Scarce “GARDNER & CO. - HACKETTSTOWN, N.J., New Jersey, ca. 1855 - 1865, Saphire

Description

Scarce “GARDNER & CO. - HACKETTSTOWN, N.J.”,
New Jersey, ca. 1855 - 1865, medium sapphire blue, 10-sided, 6 3/4”h, smooth base, applied tapered collar mouth.
This bottle
with ground wear
just sold this past auction on glass work Auction for 00
They list it as:   Very rare, possibly only three or four known examples!
Mine has a  lip chip as photographed, two open bubbles But No ground wear,...
This bottle has never been cleaned or polished,
has Beautiful
character
in the glass, with fluidity and many bubbles