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I picked up this neat railroad 1/2 pint in size historical flask at the December 3rd Conestoga live internet auction. http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/10321074 I thought I was bidding on and then won a Mckearin charted GV-10 LOWELL Railroad flask which in the case of this bottle had quite a longer in length neck, not usually seen on these flasks. This was the description given in the auction catalog of the flask.
Upon receiving the flask today a flask matching some of the Coventry attributed GV-11's traits described in Mckearins chart was sitting in my hands.Here is the description of what the bottle looks like and what is on the flask. First the Horse drawn side ,the embossing with the lettering BOSTON ,a relief picture of a Horse drawn Rail car, and embossed again RAILROAD over top of the car and the horse turned sideways like all of the charted railroad flasks.I highlighted the embossing with paint to show the lettering
On the other side of the flask is an American Eagle surrounded by stars turned 90 degrees (mounted sideways ) on the vertical standing flask.The eagles wings are spread wide and he is perched on what appears to be a large tree branch.The color of the flask is a vibrant amber not seen to often in the early Connecticut glass houses or the Keen glass works which made the majority of the railroad flasks. They were also produced in New York state at Lancaster and Mount Vernon glass works.
The bottom has a very rough blow pipe pontil mark very similar to all of the early New England made historical glass.There were only two flasks in the 1/2 pint size that Mckearin charted. They were the GV-10 and GV-11.Neither of these were charted in Bright Orange Amber.None of the Railroad flasks mention or have embossed on them Boston.The neck on this flask is one third the entire height of the bottle.The bottle stands quite irregularly and leans noticeably to one side.
I am certain this is not a reproduction flask by the Clevengers or any other glass works. The only known reproduction railroad flasks were in the pint size only and they were copy's of the GV-3, 4 and 5 embossed with the lettering SUCCESS TO THE RAILROAD.The pontil marks on all of the reproduction bottles were just an impressed circle made to appear that it was a pontil mark.
The color of this bottle almost looks like glass that came from the Stoddard glass works. Have any of you ever seen a Boston embossed historical flask.All of the pieces in the auction that I purchased were cataloged with a number usually seen on mueseum pieces.
Upon receiving the flask today a flask matching some of the Coventry attributed GV-11's traits described in Mckearins chart was sitting in my hands.Here is the description of what the bottle looks like and what is on the flask. First the Horse drawn side ,the embossing with the lettering BOSTON ,a relief picture of a Horse drawn Rail car, and embossed again RAILROAD over top of the car and the horse turned sideways like all of the charted railroad flasks.I highlighted the embossing with paint to show the lettering
On the other side of the flask is an American Eagle surrounded by stars turned 90 degrees (mounted sideways ) on the vertical standing flask.The eagles wings are spread wide and he is perched on what appears to be a large tree branch.The color of the flask is a vibrant amber not seen to often in the early Connecticut glass houses or the Keen glass works which made the majority of the railroad flasks. They were also produced in New York state at Lancaster and Mount Vernon glass works.
The bottom has a very rough blow pipe pontil mark very similar to all of the early New England made historical glass.There were only two flasks in the 1/2 pint size that Mckearin charted. They were the GV-10 and GV-11.Neither of these were charted in Bright Orange Amber.None of the Railroad flasks mention or have embossed on them Boston.The neck on this flask is one third the entire height of the bottle.The bottle stands quite irregularly and leans noticeably to one side.
I am certain this is not a reproduction flask by the Clevengers or any other glass works. The only known reproduction railroad flasks were in the pint size only and they were copy's of the GV-3, 4 and 5 embossed with the lettering SUCCESS TO THE RAILROAD.The pontil marks on all of the reproduction bottles were just an impressed circle made to appear that it was a pontil mark.
The color of this bottle almost looks like glass that came from the Stoddard glass works. Have any of you ever seen a Boston embossed historical flask.All of the pieces in the auction that I purchased were cataloged with a number usually seen on mueseum pieces.