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Pitkin-type flask

Re: RE: Pitkin-type flask Bixby Bill: It was indeed at an Ingraham auction, in a box lot of bottles and other glass. But this was just a couple of months ago, so it must have been somebody else's commemorative Pitkin flask.
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- Post #14
- Nov 8, 2013
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Pitkin-type flask

Re: RE: Pitkin-type flask For anyone who's interested, I've definitely identified the flask. It's a reproduction from Pairpoint Glass ("PG") on Cape Cod. They seem to have made various bottles, inkwells and such using traditional techniques a while back, using the clear blue-green glass seen...
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- Post #11
- Nov 3, 2013
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Pitkin-type flask

Thanks for all of the information! I was worried about the color, which doesn't match any photos of early Pitkins that I could find, and about the fact that the amount of wear on the piece is pretty minimal. The swirl does extend into the base, but only as a subtle pattern inside of the glass...
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- Post #10
- Oct 9, 2013
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Pitkin-type flask

Here's a photo of the base.
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- Oct 8, 2013
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Pitkin-type flask

I picked up this flask at an estate auction in Coventry, Connecticut. It's six inches high, greenish-blue, with 32 ribs. It has a pontil scar base with "PG" scratched into it in very small letters. There are a few sand-grain size bits of opaque, off-white debris embedded in the glass, but hardly...
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- Oct 8, 2013
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