Pair of Early 20th C. Glass Turpentine Bottles with Great Labels staffordshire spill vase signed and dated at lower

signed and dated at lower right

so the lid just sort of rests on top

I have found only one other example from what must have been a number of dog plates they produced in blue and white

akin to stone lions or sphinx's but finely carved of wood--and most welcoming

Pair of Early 20th C. Glass Turpentine Bottles with Great Labels staffordshire spill vase signed and dated at lowerI found these two bottes in New Hampshire, not far from Portsmouth, where they were filled with turpentine by F. A. Gray & Co. and Glazer Fox more than 100 years ago I believe. Admittedly, I didn't come across a lot of dazzling finds in the past few days, but sometimes that makes one slow down and find beauty in unexpected forms and I must say, to my eye, these are quite beautiful things, with their satisfying shapes and excellent paper labels. And,