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Historical Flask Question - 7/14/2008 9:06:33 AM    JustGlass   Posts: 344 Joined: 7/22/2005 From: Green Mountains of Vermont Status: offline I just pick up this mint flask and was wondering what the Mckearin number is for it. It appears to be a pint that is embossed on one side... the father of his country with a picture of washington and on the other side gen. taylor never surrenders with a picture of taylor. Also above is dyottville glassworks philad.a ...Bottle has rolled lip and smooth base with line through middle of it. I am looking to purchase a Mckearin book for flasks reference. Does Mckearin have different books or only one ? What is the name of the book that would be the best to ID flasks? Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Historical Flask Question - 7/14/2008 9:07:41 AM    JustGlass   Posts: 344 Joined: 7/22/2005 From: Green Mountains of Vermont Status: offline pic 2 Attachment (1) (in reply to JustGlass) Post #: 2

RE: Historical Flask Question - 7/14/2008 9:08:29 AM    JustGlass   Posts: 344 Joined: 7/22/2005 From: Green Mountains of Vermont Status: offline base pic Attachment (1) (in reply to JustGlass) Post #: 3

RE: Historical Flask Question - 7/14/2008 9:09:17 AM    JustGlass   Posts: 344 Joined: 7/22/2005 From: Green Mountains of Vermont Status: offline lip pic Attachment (1) (in reply to JustGlass) Post #: 4

RE: Historical Flask Question - 7/14/2008 9:48:42 AM    lobeycat Posts: 3461 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline Gl-38 Helen Mckearin's book is the bible for historical flasks, but you may have trouble finding a copy. They sometimes sell for 3-4-5 times the value of your flask there. Very nice by the way!  Some guy was selling one for 225 at a show in New Hampshire. One can be had for 60 or so if you do a little searching online though. Some of the price guides out there have good Historical Flask sections. Jim Megura's Official Price Guide To Bottles has a fairly decent one, but no where near as detailed as McKearin's. Lobes. < Message edited by lobeycat -- 7/14/2008 3:01:32 PM > _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ye8GLPUVsM&feature : ) (in reply to JustGlass) Post #: 5

RE: Historical Flask Question - 7/14/2008 2:30:12 PM    Flaschenjager Posts: 1108 Joined: 12/21/2002 From: Central Virginia - USA Status: offline American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry by Helen McKearin and Kenneth M. Wilson, published 1978 by Crown Publishers, New York. _____________________________ 'Meech' Our websites: http://members.aol.com/meechuta/bottles.html Member of FOHBC - RABCA - APBCA Editor of 'The Digger' in full color! Please support the forums with a donation or purchase! (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 6

RE: Historical Flask Question - 7/14/2008 8:10:10 PM    glass man Posts: 1013 Joined: 1/30/2008 From: GEORGIA Status: online I have a very imformitive book for sell now on buy and swap ,but it ain't no Mckearins.Would be a good one to go with Mckearin.. < Message edited by glass man -- 7/14/2008 8:12:36 PM > _____________________________ Stand there's a midget standing tall and a giant beside him about to fall. Stand ..they will try to make you crawl and they know what you're saying makes sense and all.Stand don't you know you are free, Well at least in your mind if you wan to be. SLY (in reply to Flaschenjager) Post #: 7

RE: Historical Flask Question - 7/16/2008 7:01:08 PM    sewellbottleman Posts: 295 Joined: 1/29/2007 From: Mantua Township/Sewell section Status: offline Nice flask made at Dyottville between the years 1848 to 1860.Dr Dyott had long lost the factory at that point in his life.If you dont want to spend a lot of money for the Mckearin book here is a web site with the complete line drawings of all the historical flasks charted in the book by Helen and George McKearin( American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry). It is in PDF format. http://bottlenut.com/content/estore.asp  The link is on the lower right of the first page.Dyottville flasks are one of my strong points give me a shout with any questions you may have.Thanks Steve   < Message edited by sewellbottleman -- 7/16/2008 7:02:41 PM > _____________________________ If you are traveling at the speed of light and you turn on your headlights would they work? (in reply to glass man) Post #: 8

RE: Historical Flask Question - 7/17/2008 1:59:06 AM    deer4x4 Posts: 355 Joined: 1/2/2008 From: san jose ca. Status: offline nice GI-38 like everone says the mckearin is the bible and you find them for about 150 to 175$ look at amazon.com for books should be able to find a used one and as to price the closest you will get is the digger odells historical flasks has all of the flask and realized prices from between 1985 and 2003 but since 2003 alot of the flasks have gone up and some have gone down also the kovels 13th edition has alot of the flaskls in it but the prices are higher than odells you can always look at glassworks auctions and all of the other auction houses to get what  was paid for diffrent flasks during the last 15 years or so also check back auctions from hecklers auctions and american bottle auction at their home page you will find past auctions that you can check the prices if you have any question pm me i have mckearins and other books and could hlep i also have sold alot of my duplicate flasks and still have around 45 or so left sorry for rambling hope i was able to help see ya bob (in reply to JustGlass) Post #: 9

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