Rare American Black Glass Seal Bottle Robert Lenox New York C1798 Must Read

  

A RARE DOCUMENTED 18TH CENT AMERICAN SEAL FROM THE TIME OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. ROBERT LENOX b1759-d1839, LEFT SCOTLAND AND CAME TO US C1760'S. HE WENT TO SCHOOL IN BURLINGTON NJ. HE WORKED FOR HIS UNCLE GOING TO WEST INDIES, CHARLESTON ETC.

HE WAS CAPTURED BY A FRENCH MAN-O-WAR AND WAS A PRISONER UNTIL HIS UNCLE MAJ DAVID LENOX HAD HIM RELEASED. GOOGLE ROBERT LENOX FOR FULL HISTORY. A WALL WAS TAKEN DOWN IN THE CELLAR OF THE NJ GOVENOR'S MANSION, LIBERTY HALL MUSEUM AT KEAN COLLEGE AND A NUMBER OF ROBERT LENOX SEAL BOTTLES WITH LABELS AND CONTENTS WERE FOUND.

LABEL READS LENOX MADERIA, VIA PHILADELPHIA IN 1796, BOTTLED IN 1798. ROBERT LENOX WAS ONE OF THE RICHEST MEN IN NYC, HIS REAL ESTATE IN UPPER NYC BECAME LENOX HILL.

BOTTLE IS CELLAR CONDITION, CLEAN, NO DAMAGE. The item "RARE AMERICAN BLACK GLASS SEAL BOTTLE ROBERT LENOX NEW YORK C1798 MUST READ" is in sale since Monday, August 6, 2018. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Bottles & Insulators\Bottles\Antique (Pre-1900)\Utility & Black Glass". The seller is "crow1055" and is located in Erwinna, Pennsylvania. This item can be shipped to United States.

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