Jenny Lind arrives in America,and appears on many collectable flasks

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The Kossuth side of the bottle in close.

 

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A typical rough pontil mark usually seen on this bottle.

 

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The GI-101 has a neat history behind it and another mold inscription error on it.The flask has a bust of Jenny Lind and the same inscription JENNY LIND above the portrait.This half of the mold again is the same one used on the GI-99 and GI-100 .The other side of the bottle has the glass factory house exactly the same as the GI-99 but instead of the word GLASS FACTORY it states MILFORA G. WORK'S and on the bottom a mold alteration can be easily seen on a lot of these. Where on the GI-99 the words S. HUFFSEY are written across the bottom of the factory on this bottle you can see where a plate now covers the name S. HUFFSY and it is just a smooth area.The name MILFORA has been proven beyond doubt to be misspelled and should of read as MILFORD which housed the Pendleton Glass works in 1838 but by the year 1852 it was changed to the Milford glass works owned and operated by John and Samuel Huffsey. Mckearin lists this flask as comparatively scarce.`

 

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The factory side of the bottle in close.

 

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The factory side in close.The embossing MILFORA G. WORKS

 

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The typical pontil mark on a Milfora flask.

 

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The GI-102 The Whitney glass works in Glassboro New Jersey were the largest glass manufacturer in the United States in the year 1850 . The GI-102 calabash flask has a bust of Jenny Lind very similar to the Huffsey bottles but the hair is longer and the face more round.On the Jenny Lind side of the bottle the misspelled inscription JENY LIND is written above Jenny's portrait. On the other side a factory almost with an exact likeness to the Huffsey bottles is pictured and across the top of this factory is the inscription GLASS * WORKS . A large 6 pointed star sits between the words GLASS FACTORY.The sides of the bottle have eleven vertical ribs. This bottle always has a large rough pontil and comes in three colors,Clear Brilliant Green,Aquamarine and is very rare in Emerald Green. Mckearin lists this calabash flask as comparatively scarce.

 

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The Jenny Lind side in close.

 

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The factory side of the bottle.

 

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In close you can see the star in between GLASS * WORKS