1/2 pint double eagle flask C & I

epgorge · Dec 21, 2007

Hi Bill, et al,

I was hoping for help identifying this double eagle flask. I believe it to be a 1/2 pint.
It is 6 1/4 inches tall and three inches across the shoulder. It has a very strong key hinge and a slug plate with C & I.
Aqua, applied lip. Eagle, ribbon beaked with three arrows in each talon.

Very strong strike and in very good condition.

Any info on nomenclature would be appreciated. Is it Pittsburg PA glass?

epgorge · Dec 21, 2007

nice strong keyed bottom

epgorge · Dec 21, 2007

thanks for your help

Joel

cowseatmaize · Dec 21, 2007

Is it Pittsburg PA glass?

Yup, that would be Cunningham Ihmsem, GII-127 I think.

Whisperingwinds · Dec 21, 2007

I like the look of it, pretty cool.
ww

epgorge · Dec 21, 2007

Thanks. I found it off listed. The item made much of a glass stopper that "came with it". I believe it is your standard Lea and Perrin top. I put it in the L&P drawer.
Joel

epgorge · Dec 21, 2007

From the "History of Allegheny" ,
L. H Everts & Company 1876: under the listings for Glass Trade,(http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:IOU3rwshe98J:archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/PAALLEGH-MEMORIES/1998-05/0894663328+Cunningham+Ihmsen&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us)

CUNNINGHAM & IHMSEN[/b]
"commenced the manufacture of window-glass, black-glass, flint-glass, and
druggists'glassware, under the firm name of W. Cunningham[/b] & Co., the
former being the senior member of the present firm. The factories are
located at Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth, and Twenty-seventh Streets, South
Side, Pittsburgh, and consist of three furnaces. They employ 280 hands,
and have an annual capacity of 450,000"-

Also, for more info on C & I
The Dating Game.. http://www.blm.gov/historic_bottles/pdffiles/BLockhart_Ihmsen.pdf

thanks for the help

jfcutter · Dec 21, 2007

Hi epgorge! Nice flask and typical of the offerings from the Pittsburgh area during the Civil War era. I think others identified the flask but I would add one more bit of information...

The Historic Bottle Website (HBW) includes an article by our group - published in Bottles & Extras a couple years ago - on the Cunningham family of glassmakers. This includes Cunningham & Ihmsen which is what the C&I stands for...as noted by cowseatmaise. The article is at this link if you want the most recent information on the subject: http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/Cunningham_BLockhart.pdf

One further note is that I've been in contact with a descendant of the Cunningham family (or is it Ihmsen...I can't remember without looking it up) who is currently working on a comprehensive history of the family and all their glassmaking activities. I'm not sure what is to be done with the information - article, book or ? - but once completed, I'm sure that I could get a copy and would post the information on the HBW. So stay tuned...

Below is an interesting "strap" sided Cunningham & Ihmsen flask that I used on the HBW to illustrate somethingoranother. For those keeping score at home, it is McKearin & Wilson's (1978) GXV-5...

Bill

epgorge · Dec 23, 2007

The article is at this link if you want the most recent information on the subject: http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/Cunningham_BLockhart.pdf

Bill,
Actually I had started with your article (as I usually do, best damn site on the web, in my opinion). I was remiss in not mentioning your page and your contribution but did open this post with your name.

I love the simplicity of the C&I flasks and have noted them selling relatively cheaply. I believe their popularity will increase as will their value eventually. Keep up the great work you do educating all of us, Bill, and thanks.

I will be giving you a call this summer or fall (08) as I will be up visiting Vester. I will call you to let you know when I am there and if it works for you.
Joel

Joel

jfcutter · Dec 23, 2007

Thanks Joel! I did note my name in your opening message...and eventually (after sending my message) the link to the B&E article on Cunningham. Thanks for the compliments! I kinda think it is the best bottle website on the net too, but have an obvious bias...

I am now retired and will await your trip to this neck of the woods. Fishing on the Williamson is pretty good in the summer....the image below is of a 27" (around 7 lb.) "red band" trout that I caught (and released) off the dock in front of our river house. It is awaiting you...

I will be around most of the summer and fall of 2008, except for a driving sojourn to Canada & Alaska (for my youngest sons graduation from HS) which will most likely be sometime between 8/20 and 9/15; specific dates have not been set.

See ya............Bill

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