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I recently picked this one up off eBay it is a real nice teal color GI-54 Washington Taylor Historical Flask.
Mckearins attributed these to Dyottville and to being made in the 1847 to 1850 time period.When you see
the color on this one in person it is quite obvious that this bottle was more then likely made at the Lockport
New York glass works and not Dyottville in Philadelphia. The time frame of the flasks manufacture is
accurate but where it was supposedly made you have to question.The color is very similar to the Gargling
Oil bottles so prevalent at the Lockport Glass works.The bottle is quart sized,it has a double tapered collar,
a nice rough pontil, a small in the making irregularity on the lip, a small burst bubble (not all the way through)
on the shoulder and has dark dirt colored potstones in the glass along with faint Olive striations swirling about.
Although these were made in abundance I feel one day they will attain higher value as the hobby grows and they
become more and more scarce.
A little history regarding Zachary Taylor and why he was immortalized on so many of the historic flasks
charted by our early glass historians.In total Taylor was on at least 37 historical flasks.This is second to
only George Washington in the total appearances on the historical flasks.The flasks are thought to be only a
product of the Eastern area of the country. Most came from the Philadelphia Pennsylvania,Southern New
Jersey, Baltimore Maryland and Lockport New York glass works.The different styles of lip treatments on
the bottles I believe shows enough contrast to warrant them being made in quite a few different glass
houses at the same time.It is however not entirely out of the question that some of these were made in the
Pittsburgh and the Ohio glass works also as National figures were immortalized everywhere at the same
time as evidenced by the number of Lafayette,and Jenny Lind flasks.
General Zachary Taylor was a native of Virginia but an adopted Kentuckian. Born in 1784, he had risen to
national prominence as an army officer in the War of 1812 and in campaigns against Seminole Indians in
the mid 1830s. President James K. Polk called upon the 62-year-old brigadier General to lead a 3,500-man
army into Texas to secure the newly annexed state.Tensions between the United States and Mexico
mounted, and President Polk ordered him to establish a fortified base near the mouth of the Rio Grande
River. Hostilities broke out in late April , and General Taylor drove the Mexican forces from the region in a
series of well-fought battles that earned him promotion to Major General. Taylor slowly pursued the
defeated Mexican troops toward Monterrey, Mexico, and captured that important city in September 1846.
When Mexico refused American peace overtures, President Polk ordered Taylor to hold his position in
northern Mexico while General Winfield Scott took most of Taylor’s army and more than 10,000
reinforcements on a campaign to capture Mexico City by way of a landing at Vera Cruz. Taylor, left with an
army of fewer than 5,000 mostly untried volunteers, faced a savage attack from the Mexican President
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and 20,000 regulars, militia, and conscripts at the Battle of Buena Vista in
February 1847. The fight, although a narrow U.S. victory, brought Zachary Taylor to the forefront of the
American imagination. This acclaim carried him to the White House in 1848. President, Taylor faced a host
of challenges regarding the expansion of slavery into the territory captured from Mexico. Taylor would
only preside over the United States for less then two years as he died in office in July 4th 1850 after
attending the ceremony for the dedication of the Washington monument becoming ill with cholera.
Mckearins attributed these to Dyottville and to being made in the 1847 to 1850 time period.When you see
the color on this one in person it is quite obvious that this bottle was more then likely made at the Lockport
New York glass works and not Dyottville in Philadelphia. The time frame of the flasks manufacture is
accurate but where it was supposedly made you have to question.The color is very similar to the Gargling
Oil bottles so prevalent at the Lockport Glass works.The bottle is quart sized,it has a double tapered collar,
a nice rough pontil, a small in the making irregularity on the lip, a small burst bubble (not all the way through)
on the shoulder and has dark dirt colored potstones in the glass along with faint Olive striations swirling about.
Although these were made in abundance I feel one day they will attain higher value as the hobby grows and they
become more and more scarce.
A little history regarding Zachary Taylor and why he was immortalized on so many of the historic flasks
charted by our early glass historians.In total Taylor was on at least 37 historical flasks.This is second to
only George Washington in the total appearances on the historical flasks.The flasks are thought to be only a
product of the Eastern area of the country. Most came from the Philadelphia Pennsylvania,Southern New
Jersey, Baltimore Maryland and Lockport New York glass works.The different styles of lip treatments on
the bottles I believe shows enough contrast to warrant them being made in quite a few different glass
houses at the same time.It is however not entirely out of the question that some of these were made in the
Pittsburgh and the Ohio glass works also as National figures were immortalized everywhere at the same
time as evidenced by the number of Lafayette,and Jenny Lind flasks.
General Zachary Taylor was a native of Virginia but an adopted Kentuckian. Born in 1784, he had risen to
national prominence as an army officer in the War of 1812 and in campaigns against Seminole Indians in
the mid 1830s. President James K. Polk called upon the 62-year-old brigadier General to lead a 3,500-man
army into Texas to secure the newly annexed state.Tensions between the United States and Mexico
mounted, and President Polk ordered him to establish a fortified base near the mouth of the Rio Grande
River. Hostilities broke out in late April , and General Taylor drove the Mexican forces from the region in a
series of well-fought battles that earned him promotion to Major General. Taylor slowly pursued the
defeated Mexican troops toward Monterrey, Mexico, and captured that important city in September 1846.
When Mexico refused American peace overtures, President Polk ordered Taylor to hold his position in
northern Mexico while General Winfield Scott took most of Taylor’s army and more than 10,000
reinforcements on a campaign to capture Mexico City by way of a landing at Vera Cruz. Taylor, left with an
army of fewer than 5,000 mostly untried volunteers, faced a savage attack from the Mexican President
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and 20,000 regulars, militia, and conscripts at the Battle of Buena Vista in
February 1847. The fight, although a narrow U.S. victory, brought Zachary Taylor to the forefront of the
American imagination. This acclaim carried him to the White House in 1848. President, Taylor faced a host
of challenges regarding the expansion of slavery into the territory captured from Mexico. Taylor would
only preside over the United States for less then two years as he died in office in July 4th 1850 after
attending the ceremony for the dedication of the Washington monument becoming ill with cholera.
