My Collection Photographed Individually

[photolith]

I'm going to be going through my whole collection and photographing each bottle. I've got about 500 bottles or so to go through, so It's gonna take a while.

First starting off with a Union Clasp Flask from the Civil War era. It's got an iron pontil on the bottom, which would date it to no later than 1865 or thereabouts. The shaking hands portrays the maintaining of the Union. These types of bottles were fairly popular during the Civil War.
ACV_7128 by photolitherland, on Flickr

ACV_7130 by photolitherland, on Flickr

ACV_7133 by photolitherland, on Flickr

ACV_7134 by photolitherland, on Flickr

ACV_7136 by photolitherland, on Flickr

ACV_7135 by photolitherland, on Flickr

ACV_7137 by photolitherland, on Flickr

ACV_7138 by photolitherland, on Flickr

ACV_7139 by photolitherland, on Flickr

ACV_7158 by photolitherland, on Flickr

ACV_7156 by photolitherland, on Flickr

ACV_7151 by photolitherland, on Flickr

ACV_7148 by photolitherland, on Flickr

ACV_7141 by photolitherland, on Flickr

ACV_7144 by photolitherland, on Flickr

ACV_7143 by photolitherland, on Flickr

ACV_7146 by photolitherland, on Flickr

ACV_7140 by photolitherland, on Flickr

 

[Screwtop]

Shaking hands flask is number one on my future CW want list. Very nice bottle!

 

[hemihampton]

Shaking hands flask is number one on my future CW want list. Very nice bottle!

I got a extra if your looking for one. Let me know. 2 different ones actually. LEON.

 

[Screwtop]

I got a extra if your looking for one. Let me know. 2 different ones actually. LEON.

I can't afford one now. I'm saving up for next time I go to that diggers shop again.

 

[Brewster113]

Just curious about what a shaking hands flask would be worth.
Very nice bottles.
Bruce

 

[Screwtop]

Just curious about what a shaking hands flask would be worth.
Very nice bottles.
Bruce

Depending on condition, anywhere from $150-$300.

 

[slugplate]

Cool the see the 'z' in peptenzyme backwards. Could be a rare one. Beautiful bottles, Photolith... very special indeed.

 

[photolith]

I didn’t even notice the z was backwards... every other example has the z in the correct orientation. Hmmmmm

 

[embe]

Cool bottles, that label on the electric bitters is an interesting read.

 

[GLASSHOPPER55]

Cool bottles, that label on the electric bitters is an interesting read.

10-4 agree. Though one of the first bottles I ever dug in '69 I never saw a label before.