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Something fishy about this bottle! - 8/3/2005 1:23:46 AM    Bottleman Posts: 851 Joined: 9/3/2004 From: Central Pennsylvania Status: offline I was searching ebay and found this amber strapside flask with skull & cross bones acid etches on the front. I have never seen a flask like this before and the label on the back looks like one of those you see around because someone found a whole stash of them in a basement. I think that someone may have put tape on the glass in that shape and then sandblasted it to give the acid etched affect. Has anyone ever seen a flask like this before? ~~Tom Cross & Skull Bones Poison Schwenker Schenectady,NY Post #: 1

RE: Something fishy about this bottle! - 8/3/2005 1:49:23 PM    trussin   Posts: 156 Joined: 5/5/2005 Status: offline Hey Tom, I smell fish as well. Of course we are all familiar with the form and color of the flask. The etching is too good to be true. My opinion. Joe B (in reply to Bottleman) Post #: 2

RE: Something fishy about this bottle! - 8/3/2005 10:48:03 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2019 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline TOM...never saw one like that before. I have seen MANY old bottles with unused "new" old labels attached...like this one apparently has been. There's no edge wear or discoloration on the label at all. As for the etched skull...it too is suspect. Sometime ago my wife bought an etching kit at a craft store..it had assorted designs....one of which is seen below: she put it on the back of one of my plain old bottles. Attachment (1) _____________________________ * Member: Bristol Historical Assoc...and, Friends of Steeles Creek Nature Center & Park President: Bristol Tenn-Va Bottle Club Author of: Spirits & Medicinal Bottles of Bristol,TN-VA. My WebSite: www.bristol-tenn-va-bottles.com (in reply to Bottleman) Post #: 3

RE: Something fishy about this bottle! - 8/6/2005 6:26:11 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5111 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: online It doesnt even look acid etched to me, it looks like someone made a mask and sand blasted it. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to Bottleman) Post #: 4

RE: Something fishy about this bottle! - 8/11/2005 7:58:16 PM    KentOhio   Posts: 728 Joined: 9/13/2004 Status: offline I saw one without a label at a bottle show. I definitely think it was sandblasted, and recently. (in reply to Bottleman) Post #: 5

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