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Historical Flask Identification

I've got this calabash bottle flask with a pictorial of a straw bushel split in the middle with a rake/hoe, and on the opposite side it has a star with 8 points. I've been able to Identify most of my uncle's historical flask collection through research on the internet so I haven't needed to buy...
- buenaventura
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- May 25, 2022
- Replies: 5
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
Flask Identification Help

I've got this tall green flask with a long glass "string" wrapped around the neck of the bottle. It appears to have some oxidation/rusting on the surface of the glass, potentially from its age. It's got an open pontil and a blob-y flared lip with some large bubbles in the glass. Anyone know...
- buenaventura
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- Apr 21, 2022
- flask help identification
- Replies: 5
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
Identification Help

This bottle is in the shape of a man and it has a Maine State Liquor Commission stamp/sticker on it, and a seal was broken as well. Do y'all have any idea what brand of liquor this bottle would've been used for, and also what the general time period, too? I've attached some images, thanks!
- buenaventura
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- Jun 16, 2021
- identification
- Replies: 6
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles AFTER 1900
Antique Perfume Bottle ? Year?

I'm looking through my Great-Uncle's collection and found this little gem. He said he's left the inside untouched bc he believes it was a perfume bottle back in the day and could still have perfume residue left on the inside. Could y'all help me date this and also confirm his suspicions of it...
- buenaventura
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- Apr 8, 2021
- identification perfume
- Replies: 4
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
GIX-14 19th century Scroll Flask ?

My uncle has this scroll flask from the early 1800s and I'm trying to identify it from the McKearin classification of flasks. I don't have the McKearin book sadly, but from my searching, I'm thinking this is a GIX-14 OR a GIX-12, but I can't be certain. Does anybody have any knowledge on...
- buenaventura
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- Feb 15, 2021
- 1820s glass flask mckearin scroll flask
- Replies: 10
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
Chateau Margaux c. 1820s bottle

Hey all! My great Uncle has collected bottles since the 70s and now wants my help selling his vast collection. I'll probably be on here with lots of questions bc y'all are much more knowledgeable than I am on bottles! This is a black glass bottle he estimated to be from ~1820s with an open...
- buenaventura
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- Nov 15, 2020
- Replies: 3
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900