flask pictures

[radboy]

check completed items?

 

[woody]

Yes, after you do a search. look in the left hand column to where it says "search completed items".

It'll show a listing of items that recently sold on ebay that match your description.

 

[Harry Pristis]

Here is a definition of "fantasy bottle" from a recent thread in "Collector's Chat."

RE: "Ball and Claw Bitters...&... (in reply to drjhostetters)

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A "reproduction" is a new bottle made as a replica of an old bottle. There are many collectible reproductions of the original E.G. Booz bottle, for example.

A fantasy bottle does not replicate an old bottle, but represents a designer's conception of a "cool, old bottle." A fantasy bottle is a new bottle made with an old-style or ornate appearance.

Fantasy bottles are not antique bottles, so there is no established market for them. They are worth whatever they may bring at the flea-market.

We have no FAQ list on this forum; however, you can search this forum for references to the terms you don't understand.

-----------Harry Pristis

 

[Harry Pristis]

Woody . . .

The original GI-37 was made at the Dyottville Glass Works. This was one of the only historical flasks to be produced without a pontil scar. McKearin says: "...the only flasks recorded with 'smooth' bases are flasks in designs first produced in 1847/48 Dyottville-type Washington-Taylors...."

Having reported that, the base on this flask-in-question does not match any type that McKearin figures. It looks "not of the period" to me.

----------------Harry Pristis

 

[woody]

Yes, I suspected that it was, but sometimes you just can't tell by looking at a picture posted on the internet.
The neck and the pontil scar just didn't look right, to me.[sm=rolleyes.gif]