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Cracked Top or Not?

Hello, I just got this bottle recently, strap sided slugplate 1870s-80s whiskey. It reads AH Robinson and Co No 1114 Market St Philadelphia Pat Applied For Could the “pat applied for” be for a metal cap/top perhaps? Was the top broken at one point, or was it meant to be a sort of...
- Coled18
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- Mar 16, 2024
- flask pre 1900 sheared top
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- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
Black Purple Perfume or small Flask with incised swastika on base --( any origin, date thoughts ???)

Hi guys.. I found this little (4.5" tall) pretty black purple bottle filled with dirt where a new sidewalk was being made. Not sure if it came in with dirt or was part of the excavation. There were also a few other bottles, aqua or bottle green .. embossed medicine bottles. This was the stand...
- SleepySleuth
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- Mar 25, 2023
- antique perfume black purple break off bulbous flask hand incised mark perfume sheared top swastika unusual mark
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- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
Simon Strauss Alcohol Flask

This is a tooled-lip circle slug plate embossed alcohol flask. It features the words "Honest Measure" above the slug plate embossing.
- UnderMiner
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- Feb 28, 2023
- alcohol circle flask honest measure slug plate strapsided
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Edward Rafter - Circle Slug Plate Embossed Flask

Found this today. It is a hand-tooled flask with a circle slug plate embossing that reads: Edward Rafter Importer New York City. Can't find any information about Mr. Rafter or his imports buisness, perhaps it was just a short lived enterprise. In situ:
- UnderMiner
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- Sep 8, 2022
- circle flask slug slug plate whiskey
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- Forum: Digging and Finding
Pumpkin Seed Flask

Pumpkin Seed flask: 1890's-1900's Henry Zeltner beer: 1890's-1909 Perfume bottle with brass hardware: 1890's-1913
- UnderMiner
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- Aug 10, 2022
- flask pumpkin seed
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Pumpkin Seed Flask

Went on another adventure today. First went snorkeling off an old pier, nothing to be found there but big sea snails unfortunately. Had more luck at another location where the recent rain storms had washed away some of the surface. Found a nice tooled pumpkin seed flask and a old perfume...
- UnderMiner
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- Aug 9, 2022
- blob flask pumpkin seed tooled
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- Forum: Digging and Finding
The Gallagher Stores Flask

The Gallagher Stores were a small chain of grocery stores that operated for a short time in New York City from 1902 until their closure in 1906. This is one of their tooled-lip, strap-sided, slug plate-embossed alcohol flasks.
- UnderMiner
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- May 29, 2022
- embossed flask flasks slug plate strap flask strapsided union whiskey
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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
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- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
1932 Watkins Perfumer Bottle (1)

Year Made: 1932 Glassmaker: Owens-Illinois Color: clear Product: perfume Bottler: J.R. Watkins Medical Company Volume: 6 fluid ounces Height: 6 7/8 inches Diameter 2 3/8 inches x 1 7/16 inches Weight: 8.6 ounces Seams: 2 seams to top Label Type: embossed Closure Type: screw cap
- WesternPA-collector
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- Jan 20, 2022
- 1932 clear embossed flask glass bottle j.r. watkins company owens illinois perfumer
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1932 Watkins Perfumer Bottle (2)

Year Made: 1932 Glassmaker: Owens-Illinois Color: clear Product: perfume Bottler: J.R. Watkins Medical Company Volume: 6 fluid ounces Height: 6 7/8 inches Diameter 2 3/8 inches x 1 7/16 inches Weight: 8.6 ounces Seams: 2 seams to top Label Type: embossed Closure Type: screw cap
- WesternPA-collector
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- Jan 20, 2022
- 1932 clear embossed flask glass bottle j.r. watkins company owens illinois perfumer
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1932 Watkins Perfumer Bottle (3)

Year Made: 1932 Glassmaker: Owens-Illinois Color: clear Product: perfume Bottler: J.R. Watkins Medical Company Volume: 6 fluid ounces Height: 6 7/8 inches Diameter 2 3/8 inches x 1 7/16 inches Weight: 8.6 ounces Seams: 2 seams to top Label Type: embossed Closure Type: screw cap
- WesternPA-collector
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- Jan 20, 2022
- 1932 clear embossed flask glass bottle j.r. watkins company owens illinois perfumer
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1932 Watkins Perfumer Bottle (4)

Year Made: 1932 Glassmaker: Owens-Illinois Color: clear Product: perfume Bottler: J.R. Watkins Medical Company Volume: 6 fluid ounces Height: 6 7/8 inches Diameter 2 3/8 inches x 1 7/16 inches Weight: 8.6 ounces Seams: 2 seams to top Label Type: embossed Closure Type: screw cap
- WesternPA-collector
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- Jan 20, 2022
- 1932 clear embossed flask glass bottle j.r. watkins company owens illinois perfumer
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1932 Watkins Perfumer Bottle (5)

Year Made: 1932 Glassmaker: Owens-Illinois Color: clear Product: perfume Bottler: J.R. Watkins Medical Company Volume: 6 fluid ounces Height: 6 7/8 inches Diameter 2 3/8 inches x 1 7/16 inches Weight: 8.6 ounces Seams: 2 seams to top Label Type: embossed Closure Type: screw cap
- WesternPA-collector
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- Jan 20, 2022
- 1932 clear embossed flask glass bottle j.r. watkins company owens illinois perfumer
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1932 Watkins Perfumer Bottle (6)

Year Made: 1932 Glassmaker: Owens-Illinois Color: clear Product: perfume Bottler: J.R. Watkins Medical Company Volume: 6 fluid ounces Height: 6 7/8 inches Diameter 2 3/8 inches x 1 7/16 inches Weight: 8.6 ounces Seams: 2 seams to top Label Type: embossed Closure Type: screw cap
- WesternPA-collector
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- Jan 20, 2022
- 1932 clear embossed flask glass bottle j.r. watkins company owens illinois perfumer
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1932 Watkins Perfumer Bottle (7)

Year Made: 1932 Glassmaker: Owens-Illinois Color: clear Product: perfume Bottler: J.R. Watkins Medical Company Volume: 6 fluid ounces Height: 6 7/8 inches Diameter 2 3/8 inches x 1 7/16 inches Weight: 8.6 ounces Seams: 2 seams to top Label Type: embossed Closure Type: screw cap
- WesternPA-collector
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- Jan 20, 2022
- 1932 clear embossed flask glass bottle j.r. watkins company owens illinois perfumer
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- Album: 1932 Watkins Perfumer Bottle
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1932 Watkins Perfumer Bottle (8)

Year Made: 1932 Glassmaker: Owens-Illinois Color: clear Product: perfume Bottler: J.R. Watkins Medical Company Volume: 6 fluid ounces Height: 6 7/8 inches Diameter 2 3/8 inches x 1 7/16 inches Weight: 8.6 ounces Seams: 2 seams to top Label Type: embossed Closure Type: screw cap
- WesternPA-collector
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- Jan 20, 2022
- 1932 clear embossed flask glass bottle j.r. watkins company owens illinois perfumer
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1973 Anchor Hocking E. W. Lawrence Retirement Bottle (13)

Year Made: 1973 Glassmaker: Anchor Hocking, Lancaster, Ohio Color: amber / brown Product: N/A Bottler: N/A Volume: 11 fluid ounces Height: 6 inches Diameter: 3 1/2 inches x 1 3/4 inches Weight: 15.2 ounces Seams: 2 seams go to the top Label Type: embossed Closure Type: cork
- WesternPA-collector
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- Jan 20, 2022
- amber brown anchor hocking book bottle commemorative e.w. lawrence embossed employee flask lancaster ohio
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1973 Anchor Hocking E. W. Lawrence Retirement Bottle (12)

Year Made: 1973 Glassmaker: Anchor Hocking, Lancaster, Ohio Color: amber / brown Product: N/A Bottler: N/A Volume: 11 fluid ounces Height: 6 inches Diameter: 3 1/2 inches x 1 3/4 inches Weight: 15.2 ounces Seams: 2 seams go to the top Label Type: embossed Closure Type: cork
- WesternPA-collector
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- Jan 20, 2022
- amber brown anchor hocking book bottle commemorative e.w. lawrence embossed employee flask lancaster ohio
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1973 Anchor Hocking E. W. Lawrence Retirement Bottle (11)

Year Made: 1973 Glassmaker: Anchor Hocking, Lancaster, Ohio Color: amber / brown Product: N/A Bottler: N/A Volume: 11 fluid ounces Height: 6 inches Diameter: 3 1/2 inches x 1 3/4 inches Weight: 15.2 ounces Seams: 2 seams go to the top Label Type: embossed Closure Type: cork
- WesternPA-collector
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- Jan 20, 2022
- amber brown anchor hocking book bottle commemorative e.w. lawrence embossed employee flask lancaster ohio
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- Album: 1973 Anchor Hocking E. W. Lawrence Retirement Bottle
- Category: Bottles and Glass
1973 Anchor Hocking E. W. Lawrence Retirement Bottle (10)

Year Made: 1973 Glassmaker: Anchor Hocking, Lancaster, Ohio Color: amber / brown Product: N/A Bottler: N/A Volume: 11 fluid ounces Height: 6 inches Diameter: 3 1/2 inches x 1 3/4 inches Weight: 15.2 ounces Seams: 2 seams go to the top Label Type: embossed Closure Type: cork
- WesternPA-collector
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- Jan 20, 2022
- amber brown anchor hocking book bottle commemorative e.w. lawrence embossed employee flask lancaster ohio
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- Album: 1973 Anchor Hocking E. W. Lawrence Retirement Bottle
- Category: Bottles and Glass