Found this bottle and not sure about it Any Ideas?

[AntiqueMeds]

a repro from the bicent. of 1976. Then he proceeded to offer me $40

funny. could be close to the centenial though. Whats the bottom look like? That can help date it.
The later ones are post molds, the earlier are key molds or straight hinge molds.
Some of the common GXIIs arent worth a lot. seeing it has a blob top seems a bit uncommon to me.

 

[Brains]

yea... that guy's trying to rip you off, that's a great looking flask. definitely not fake, great find

 

[RICKJJ59W]

ORIGINAL: Brains

yea... that guy's trying to rip you off, that's a great looking flask. definitely not fake, great find

I hate bums like that!! i swear I would love to bust a wheaton over the guys head!

 

[JOETHECROW]

Cool find,...what ever GX number it turns out to be....May be a rare variant... Be real creful cleaning it up....

 

[CanYaDigIt]

I just posted a link down in the "Suggest A Website" part of the forum. It has all of the different GXII flasks so you can compare this one to all the rest. I'd have to agree that the guy offering you the $40 seems a bit douchbagish. $40 is pretty low even for the most common GXII, and like Matt said, that blob top makes is much less common right off the get go. I hope it cleans up nice for you. Please post some pics when she's all washed up.

 

[surfaceone]

The only thing I can find on the sides of the bottle is that it says A & Co other then that and the "union" there are no other marks on it. The guy I am working with had a buddy of his look at it and he was sayin that it wasnt worth nething and that it was a repro from the bicent. of 1976.

Hey Josh,

I think you've got a good one. The lip finish is throwing me off. Is it a very blue aqua?

Please do wash it up, and show us more:

"A & CO............Agnew & Company, Pittsburgh, PA (c.1854-1894+). There was a series of glass companies in the Pittsburgh area in which the Agnew family was involved, beginning as early as 1842 with Chambers & Agnew. Later, approximately 1854, the firm became John Agnew & Company (1854-1870); then, John Agnew & Son (1871-1876) and later simply Agnew & Company (1876-1892+). The most recent incarnation seems to have been "The Agnew Company", which was in operation in 1894 (a bottle catalog from this company exists, dated 1894) which may have continued on for some time afterwards. Jars that are marked "JOHN AGNEW & SON / PITTSBURG PA" presumably date from about 1871 to 1876, and those marked "AGNEW & CO / PITTSBURG PA" would date from c. 1876 into the early 1890s. See "A" entry." From.

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[RED Matthews]

Hello surfaceone; I appreciated the picture of the ship in a bottle. I have three or four bottles with ships in also one with a prisoners suckerstick sculpture of the cross in a bottle. These art forms are interesting and not seen often enough. I also have two early books on making ships in a bottle - I haven't tried to create one yet. Thanks for posting the picture. RED Matthews

 

[surfaceone]

Glad you liked it Red. I was always fascinated with the bottle art constructions.

 

[lostkause17]

cleaned the bottle out to just took a little bit of rinsing once I got the cork out. You guys will never guess what was in it. GUNPOWDER! It lit up like a christmas tree to when the one guy dropped a cigarette on it. But anyway heres the pictures. Please feel free to ask me any questions. Sorry the files say to large but Ill link the photobucket if someone can change them over that would be great thanks

 

[surfaceone]