Lestoil ...??? Historical Flask???

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whiskeyman

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These flasks are seen all the time on Ebay and in the Antiques shoppes.
Came in assorted colors..shades of green, blue, amber, amethyst...with 3 seperate motifs:
Washington, Columbia, and a Sailing Ship...reverse had an Eagle.
When Big Lots first opened here, they had quite a few that came from an old warehouse find...Also had many boxes...I managed to get 2 boxes and sold one.
The flasks sold for 99c and had the accompanying plastic stopper.
They originally were a "give-away" with the purchase of a bottle of Lestoil household cleaner back in 1964...They are machine made.

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and the box...

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Very interesting! Were the bottles that turned up at Big Lots actually empty, prior to being filled? I have 2 Lestoil bottles that came with the cleaner in it, an amythest and a blue, not as fancy designs as yours - they have been packed away a while, but I think the amy. had G. Washington on it. I don't have the stoppers - Lestoil wasn't a very good cleaner, so I didn't buy any more when they were out.
 

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BLUEBELLE...they were all empty. It was my understanding that, originally - if one purchased a regular bottle of Lestoil, that they were given a flask. This is the 1st I'd heard of them actually containing Lestoil.
 

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Interesting, whiskeyman! I had bought mine when I lived in Pittsburgh, PA - I wonder if they were marketed differently in different parts of the country.
 

whiskeyman

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BLUEBELLE...perhaps. But I can't imagine Lestoil would reset-up its bottling lines just to fill a few gross of the flasks. Possibly the promotion wasn't very successful, thus all these empties stored in a warehouse for 20-odd years...

I went to every Big Lots within a 75 mile radius and bought all their flasks that were left...(got a shopping cart full at each store).
I wonder how many were distributed to other stores?
 

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Recently, there was a Lestoil flask listed on Ebay with a neck label, indicating the flask did indeed contain Lestoil cleaner. The label was imprinted:
Caution:.Combustibile Mixture. N.Y - MD - CA - 2511.
Keep Away From Open Flame And Extreme Heat.
Net Contents 1Pt 12Fl ozs
Lestoil Products:Inc:.Holyoke,Mass
 

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Almost bought the eagle repro the other day until I figured I was not rich...its a repro.
 

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