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  1. Old Wiltshire

    What’s this type of historical flask called?

    A Calabash.
  2. Old Wiltshire

    Guinness Bottle. Can anyone give me any history and value of this bottle, I have been all over the Internet and not found a thing.

    Hi John, Sorry to dissapoint but the Jewsbury, Brown bottle is from a large manufacturing chemists in Manchester, England. They produced various mineral waters which this bottle would have orginally contained. - As far as the label on the bottle is concerned, probably a 'recent marriage' of an...
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    Why I even picked this up, I don't know.

    - Hi again Mailman, Here is the full set of photographs I took when I acquired this item a few years ago at a show in the UK. The bottles are not embossed but are shaped to fit the litho printed metal container. - - - - :)
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    Why I even picked this up, I don't know.

    - Hi Mailman, Possibly something similar to this? - - :)
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    J. Bourne & Son stoneware

    Hi Relicraker, In respect of J. Bourne & Son, they were a large manufacturing pottery in Denby, Derbyshire in the UK. The retailer, P.J. Arnold of London are usually associated with ink. It's a relatively common bottle in the UK.
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    Historical Flask Identification

    Hi buenaventura, Your calabash appears to be a GXIII-43 which is similar to GXIII-41 which has SHEETS & DUFFY embossed in a semi-circle above the eight pointed star/ornament. - In the 1978 edition of American Bottles & Flasks and Their Ancestry by Helen Mckearin and Kenneth M. Wilson the...
  7. Old Wiltshire

    Anyone ever seen one of these??

    Hi, If you are on facebook it may be worth posing the question on this Italian site? https://www.facebook.com/groups/1639192003016759
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    Flask Identification Help

    It's a Persian saddle flask. The following site by Phil Culhane is very informative with regard to these type of bottles. http://www.saddleflasks.com/
  9. Old Wiltshire

    Galveston Dig

    - Great to see youngsters involved. :)
  10. Old Wiltshire

    what is this

    - A 'Chianti' wine bottle without its labels and raffia casing. A type in use from the 19th century and still available today. :)
  11. Old Wiltshire

    Crazy is not the word for it.

    - On a desk top pc you could try logging out and logging back in. Then just ignore the 'enable push notifications' bar which appears at the bottom of the page. It seems to work for me here in the UK. :)
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    Information source.

    - This is always a good place to start. https://sha.org/bottle/index.htm - :)
  13. Old Wiltshire

    How can I improve?

    PHOTOGRAPHING BOTTLES - Before acquiring a light box and a larger illuminated 'shooting' table I used this very simple set up using natural daylight which achieved good results. You don't have to use a tri-pod but just something solid and steady on which to rest your camera or phone, this gives...
  14. Old Wiltshire

    My Son's Metal Detecting Finds-Any Ideas

    Hi Brandon, The ammunition appears to be an obsolete pin fire pistol cartridge. An interesting item but be careful, it could still be viable!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinfire_cartridge :)
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    Looking for info PRISON embossed bottle

    - The 'PRISON' bottles, although scarce, are well known UK bottles and come in a range of sizes, types and colours. Used in HM Prison dispensaries some further examples are shown below. - - - :)
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