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Baltimore Glass GW - 2/6/2011 2:17:07 PM    bpuffer2000   Posts: 8 Joined: 2/6/2011 Status: offline Hi.. Wondering what the best way is for me to tell if this flask could be real versus a knock-off. Thanks, Bob Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Baltimore Glass GW - 2/6/2011 2:17:42 PM    bpuffer2000   Posts: 8 Joined: 2/6/2011 Status: offline back Attachment (1) (in reply to bpuffer2000) Post #: 2

RE: Baltimore Glass GW - 2/6/2011 2:21:46 PM    earlyglass   Posts: 1067 Joined: 12/21/2004 Status: offline real... never knocked off! (in reply to bpuffer2000) Post #: 3

RE: Baltimore Glass GW - 2/6/2011 2:53:57 PM    AntiqueMeds   Posts: 2002 Joined: 3/6/2009 From: Frederick, MD. Status: offline Looks fine ... best way is pick it up and hold it in your hands. ... next best way is to hand it someone who has seen a bunch of them. btw, nice flask _____________________________ My web site - http://www.AntiqueMedicines.com/ Medicine BLOG : http://antiquemedicines.com/blog/ Email me : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to earlyglass) Post #: 4

RE: Baltimore Glass GW - 2/6/2011 4:29:36 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 4282 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: offline Nice bottle and quite valuable.Give me time to explain.Need about 10 minutes. _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to AntiqueMeds) Post #: 5

RE: Baltimore Glass GW - 2/6/2011 4:50:30 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 4282 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: offline Sorry for the delay,bpuffer2000 first let me congratulate you on a historic quite valable piece of glass.Your bottle is listed in Mckearins book as the GI-22. Goerge Mckearin also lists it in the group B of most desirable flasks 30 or less known.This bottle could easily be worth 2000.00 and up if listed properly. There are members who are sellers here at this forum earlyglass,kungfufighter who could market this for you if you are selling .If not what a great find if you are a beginner or a serious collector. It is described like this: GI-22. Washington, classical bust similar to No.2 1I. Classical bust facing right. NOTE: Quart Aquamarine,Green, medium olive yellow "BALTIMORE X GLASS. WORKS." The "S's" are reversed. There is some doubt as to whom this heavy medial (E.D.) bust is intended to portray. It has been generally listed as Taylor. However there is a strong possibility it may be intended for Henry Clay. Here is a picture of the charts also. Attachment (1) < Message edited by Steve/sewell -- 2/6/2011 4:54:01 PM > _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 6

RE: Baltimore Glass GW - 2/6/2011 4:54:52 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 4282 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: offline Number 2 .The charts on the GI flasks. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 7

RE: Baltimore Glass GW - 2/6/2011 4:55:22 PM    bpuffer2000   Posts: 8 Joined: 2/6/2011 Status: offline Wow, thanks for the info. Hope all is well. Bob (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 8

RE: Baltimore Glass GW - 2/6/2011 4:56:46 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 4282 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: offline Last picture. Mckearim on page 507 in the book says the following. Attachment (1) < Message edited by Steve/sewell -- 2/6/2011 5:00:54 PM > _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 9

RE: Baltimore Glass GW - 2/6/2011 5:07:34 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 4282 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: offline There you go Bob,I have two very similar flasks one is slightly older then yours the other a little newer but the same mold maker made each of the Washington busts they have the identicle heavy medial molding lines on the side of the bottle.One of mine is from Bridgeton the other Baltimore but the Fells point glass works.The Bridgeton New Jersey bottle is on the left the Baltimore Fells point bottle is on the right. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 10

RE: Baltimore Glass GW - 2/6/2011 5:08:29 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 4282 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: offline The medial ribbing. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 11

RE: Baltimore Glass GW - 2/6/2011 5:10:42 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 4282 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: offline The reverse side of each bottle.Notice the exactness in similarity between The bust of Henry Clay on the Bridgeton Bottle compared to yours They are exactly the same. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 12

RE: Baltimore Glass GW - 2/6/2011 5:12:11 PM    bpuffer2000   Posts: 8 Joined: 2/6/2011 Status: offline Hi, Thanks for all info/pics.. Much appreciated.  I'll be keeping it and passing it on to one of my two boys.. Hope you have a nice Sunday and thanks again. Bob (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 13

RE: Baltimore Glass GW - 2/7/2011 8:30:53 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 4282 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: offline I cant beleive the long time members or other noteworthy glass historians who frequent this site wont chime in on this one. This is a great extremely rare historical bottle this new member posted here and no one can find the time to congratulate this gentleman.It is a great looking flask and you are very likley to not see another of these in your collecting lifetimes.Whenever a bottle is in the Mckearin numbered most desirable flasks list you have a great bottle. _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to bpuffer2000) Post #: 14

RE: Baltimore Glass GW - 2/7/2011 8:47:31 PM    earlyglass   Posts: 1067 Joined: 12/21/2004 Status: offline Steve, You are absolutely right that it is listed as rare, and the case can be made that it SHOULD be a $2000+ flask! However, I have had many "rare" flasks that sell in the hundreds, not thousands. Should they be thousands? Absolutely! These days color is king... an aqua example of this type of flask might be in the hundreds, but a yellow olive example would be $30,000! It is crazy. Mike (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 15

RE: Baltimore Glass GW - 2/7/2011 10:52:24 PM    Steve/sewell Posts: 4282 Joined: 1/23/2010 Status: offline Thanks for coming on Mike it is a truley great find.The owner is a nice gentleman also I have had good email corespondence with him.You had posted earlier in the thread and this was not directed at you per say........................ well maybe a little. _____________________________ Auf Wiedersehen (in reply to earlyglass) Post #: 16

RE: Baltimore Glass GW - 2/8/2011 12:46:37 PM    bpuffer2000   Posts: 8 Joined: 2/6/2011 Status: offline Hi, Thanks again for all the posts.  I'm a newbie to old bottles and it was fun to see the old books with the pics. I'll be on the look-out for anything good and plan on trolling my dad's attic at some point to see if there could be anything else interesting. I still keep my Booz knock-off in the window of my office as I like the color.  I like the Baltimore one as well, but I'm partial to the Blue Booz knock-off for looking at =) Cheers, Bob (in reply to Steve/sewell) Post #: 17

RE: Baltimore Glass GW - 2/9/2011 6:30:22 PM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9804 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: offline Bob,....welcome to ABN...Very nice flask. Congrats,...the majority of the time when someone new comes on here and asks about a flask, it IS a repro.... _____________________________ Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related (in reply to bpuffer2000) Post #: 18

RE: Baltimore Glass GW - 2/22/2011 1:19:13 PM    phil44   Posts: 453 Joined: 11/27/2006 Status: offline I read in the McKearin /Wilson book that the Schaum's from Baltimore Glassworks were involved at the Bridgeton NJ Glass House in some capacity , which could explain the similarities of certain flasks between the two Glass Houses. _____________________________ Theres only one way to find out (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 19

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