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I apologize in advance for using that shameless subject line, but with all the talk about deceptiveness lately I though I might as well! At least this isn't ebay [:)]

So here's the story: the other day I'm diving with a friend of mine in the river. Like many river divers, we are strict adherents to the "same day, same river" buddy system (hopefully my wife will never see this) and I use a bigger tank than him so he is often back in the boat long before me. On this day I am floating back downstream to the anchored boat and I'm still about 200 feet away when we have the "didja find anything cool?" conversation, shouted across the water. He tells me "I found a cobalt blue flask with an eagle and a ship on it". Yeah, right! Then I almost crapped my wetsuit when he holds up what looks from where I am like a blue quart flask. It was in fact what he said it was. Here, I'll post a picture.
 

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Bam!

Whatta pisser huh?


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It's one of those TWD syrup bottles from what, the 1950s? I'm gonna clean it up and ask about it in post-1900, but I'm pretty sure that's what it is. Nearly died till I saw it up close though, and my buddy was almost pissing himself watching me swim up with "the look" on my face [:D]

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Nope, he didn't. I just looked it up, quoting from McKearin and Wilson:

"This adaptation was produced in the late 1960s for the Lestoil Company of Holyoke, Massachusetts, as a container of Lestoil. It's capacity is 12 fluid ounces. Besides the light blue glass of the flask illustrated (in M&W, not here), it was produced in blue, amethyst and colorless. In addition to this flask, and at the same time, three others including depictions of Columbia in the design were produced to contain Lestoil."

My buddy was gonna fling it back for collectors from the future, but I'm considering this one a keeper because for a few minutes it had me green with envy [sm=tongue.gif]
 

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I know that feeling your buddy had [:D]
My buddy cut the top off and even made an op on the bottom of this T.W.D (repo)He got it dirty when I wasn't looking.At the time we dug a few historcials,so I didn't think twice until I got close enough to get a good look.He got me.but I got him back later [;)]

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