George Washington/ Gen. Taylor Flask

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Please bear with me, I'm going completely by memory of what I saw, so here it goes...

It appeared to be a historical flask, the front with a portrait of George Washington, and the back with General Taylor. It had a light aqua tint to the glass, and had a tapered lip with a crude applied top. The bottle itself appeared hand blown with an uneven shape, and it did not have a pontil, but a smooth base. The glass appeared rough, like a dewy-misty texture almost. I think it's a hand blown reproduction because of the smooth base, but I'm not 100%. Clevenger Bros. made really nice blown reproductions of famous bottles, I thought this might be one of them, or something similar. Can anybody tell me the authenticity and value of the bottle just from the proceeding description? Ive passed this bottle in an antique market for months, I just never thought about the authenticity or not...
 

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They came smooth base, sounds like it could easily be the real deal, is this one similar?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&hash=item2ec076d1af&item=200797508015&nma=true&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&rt=nc&si=I91JQ5UofRCsTn2uOtfRjrZA%252BIw%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
 

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Or maybe this one?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&hash=item35bdf99d12&item=230820519186&nma=true&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&rt=nc&si=I91JQ5UofRCsTn2uOtfRjrZA%252BIw%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
 

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Both are very similar, but the one I saw was a little more crude looking then those two. Is $40-$50 a fair estimate then from the eBay listings?
 

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Looks that way considering what these sold for...
 

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You need to get us a pic or two if you can. There is at least one repro of that style of flask. The one's that I have seen have a real pebbly surface, and the embossing just doesn't "look" right, but it's difficult to describe it to someone who hasn't seen one before. Anyone on here got a pic of a repro of one of these that they could post for this guy?

Jim G
 

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heres a couple pics I was able to find, A picture is 100% needed to be able to tell you anything about the jar, sort of like saying I have a 1957 chev can you give me info on it? BTW both are repos

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Those are more recent repros than I'm thinking of. I'm picturing an aqua, apparently blown, smooth base repro that looks like it was made from a mold ripped off from an original bottle.

Jim G
 

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