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Gen. Taylor Flask and another flask...real or repro? - 11/7/2007 11:23:21 AM    kybluegrass   Posts: 18 Joined: 11/2/2007 Status: offline My dad got the G.W./Gen. Taylor flask in a box of stuff in an auction, I bought the blue flask from an antique shop for $5. Anyone know anything about these? Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Gen. Taylor Flask and another flask...real or repro? - 11/7/2007 11:24:38 AM    kybluegrass   Posts: 18 Joined: 11/2/2007 Status: offline Where it was made. Attachment (1) (in reply to kybluegrass) Post #: 2

RE: Gen. Taylor Flask and another flask...real or repro? - 11/7/2007 11:25:37 AM    kybluegrass   Posts: 18 Joined: 11/2/2007 Status: offline Bottom Attachment (1) (in reply to kybluegrass) Post #: 3

RE: Gen. Taylor Flask and another flask...real or repro? - 11/7/2007 11:25:40 AM    cowseatmaize Posts: 2135 Joined: 12/2/2004 From: Metro West, MA Status: offline Sorry, definately repro. Still better that $5 though. People love the amethyst. it looks like they ground out the bottom to fake an IP but that screams Clevenger at me. < Message edited by cowseatmaize -- 11/7/2007 11:26:36 AM > _____________________________ My 10¢ worth (inflation) Eric If you love what your doing it might be illegal, so watch your back. (in reply to kybluegrass) Post #: 4

RE: Gen. Taylor Flask and another flask...real or repro? - 11/7/2007 11:27:11 AM    kybluegrass   Posts: 18 Joined: 11/2/2007 Status: offline top Attachment (1) (in reply to kybluegrass) Post #: 5

RE: Gen. Taylor Flask and another flask...real or repro? - 11/7/2007 11:28:20 AM    kybluegrass   Posts: 18 Joined: 11/2/2007 Status: offline The other bottle Attachment (1) (in reply to kybluegrass) Post #: 6

RE: Gen. Taylor Flask and another flask...real or repro? - 11/7/2007 11:29:24 AM    kybluegrass   Posts: 18 Joined: 11/2/2007 Status: offline bottom Attachment (1) (in reply to kybluegrass) Post #: 7

RE: Gen. Taylor Flask and another flask...real or repro? - 11/7/2007 11:30:18 AM    kybluegrass   Posts: 18 Joined: 11/2/2007 Status: offline top Attachment (1) (in reply to kybluegrass) Post #: 8

RE: Gen. Taylor Flask and another flask...real or repro? - 11/7/2007 11:31:35 AM    kybluegrass   Posts: 18 Joined: 11/2/2007 Status: offline I think it's pretty. Attachment (1) (in reply to kybluegrass) Post #: 9

RE: Gen. Taylor Flask and another flask...real or repro? - 11/7/2007 11:32:56 AM    kybluegrass   Posts: 18 Joined: 11/2/2007 Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: cowseatmaize Sorry, definately repro. Still better that $5 though. People love the amethyst. it looks like they ground out the bottom to fake an IP but that screams Clevenger at me. How can you tell? Educate me!! I paid $5 for the blue one.....I don't know what the Taylor flask cost, it was in a crate of other stuff purchased at auction. < Message edited by kybluegrass -- 11/7/2007 11:34:26 AM > (in reply to cowseatmaize) Post #: 10

RE: Gen. Taylor Flask and another flask...real or repro? - 11/7/2007 11:54:13 AM    may48185   Posts: 31 Joined: 9/15/2007 Status: offline wish I could help ya out but I dont know much about bottles , they are really pretty though very unique (in reply to kybluegrass) Post #: 11

RE: Gen. Taylor Flask and another flask...real or repro? - 11/7/2007 2:30:21 PM    cowseatmaize Posts: 2135 Joined: 12/2/2004 From: Metro West, MA Status: offline The lip is way to straight. That was before I saw the seam going all the way up and then fired off. The indent on the bottom is nowhere near what an original would have. Seeing the lip reminds me more of Empire than Clevenger but I'll stick with the Clev. The next is probably a lestoil from the 70's. It looks machine made. it could be an Ezra Brooks. Here's a starter link for repro's courtest of Digger (John) Odell. http://www.bottlebooks.com/Repros/More%20Repos/more_reproductions.htm _____________________________ My 10¢ worth (inflation) Eric If you love what your doing it might be illegal, so watch your back. (in reply to may48185) Post #: 12

RE: Gen. Taylor Flask and another flask...real or repro? - 11/7/2007 4:06:36 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3670 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline Both are repros. _____________________________ My Web Page.Lots of pix. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story added 9/08 www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitpirate/ (in reply to kybluegrass) Post #: 13

RE: Gen. Taylor Flask and another flask...real or repro? - 11/7/2007 4:27:44 PM    kungfufighter   Posts: 175 Joined: 2/18/2005 Status: offline The Washington-Taylor is a reproduction for sure but I think that the blue eagle flask is better described as a fantasy bottle in that there has not been an attempt made to replicate a period flask.  It is, as correctly stated by Eric, simply a decorative flask from the 1970s.  (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 14

RE: Gen. Taylor Flask and another flask...real or repro? - 11/7/2007 5:12:43 PM    lobeycat Posts: 3805 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline Kblue, take a gander at this site. It will show you different lip and base styles on original bottles, and many other wonders. Best info site on the net! Historic Bottle Website - Homepage Lobey. < Message edited by lobeycat -- 11/7/2007 5:13:47 PM > (in reply to kungfufighter) Post #: 15

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