Real or fake?

[DoubleEagleHunter]

Bought this over the weekend and it has me stumped. It is a gold amber Washington/Taylor flask. It does have an applied top. Glass appears to be from a wood mold. But the bottom has me stumped because I’ve never seen a pontil like this. If it’s fake, it’s a damn good fake.

 

[Timelypicken]

My opinion is defiantly fake. Looked it up online and what I saw said they were fakes

 

[DoubleEagleHunter]

That’s a damn good fake

 

[Timelypicken]

There are lots of good fakes nowadays

 

[DoubleEagleHunter]

I figured it could be. Thanks for the reply.

 

[nhpharm]

Yep...reproduction for sure. Also, so far as I am aware, there are no embossed US bottles that were blown into a wood mold...that's a myth. That's also not a pontil but you are right-the bottom is all wrong. That flaring to the lip is also a giveaway as many of these reproductions have this slightly flared top.

 

[DoubleEagleHunter]

Thank you. It looked applied. I took a chance on 20 bucks. It will sit on my shelf and hopefully one day I can replace it with a real one.

 

[coreya]

Anything that is supposed to be that old and has that little wear on the base is suspect!

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

Thank you. It looked applied. I took a chance on 20 bucks. It will sit on my shelf and hopefully one day I can replace it with a real one.

Reproductions are still collectable. Clevenger Brothers made many reproduction flasks.. not sure who produced yours, so I am not too sure how yours would be valued. Maybe you didn't cash in on the purchase but more or less paid what it is worth.
ROBBYBOBBY64.

 

[DoubleEagleHunter]

Anything that is supposed to be that old and has that little wear on the base is suspect!

Yes thank you, I was skeptical of that very thing as well.