Success To The Railroad flask

[dollarbill]

Hey all not sure what to make of this one.Looks like it could be a good one.Embossed Success To The Railroad both sides.Pontiled with a nice fire finished lip.There are no makes mark that I can find (IE Clevenger Bro.)Lots of seed bubbles and like three pot stones that I can see .The color is a green aqua.
Thanks for any help. More pics to come.
bill

 

[dollarbill]

The bottom .Oh it sit a little woobley to.

 

[dollarbill]

The lip finish.

 

[dollarbill]

Potstone in front of the rear wheel.

 

[dollarbill]

Potstone in the side .Theres one in the middle of the pontil to.
Thanks agian for any help all.

 

[cyberdigger]

Something's telling me it's a Clevenger, but I wouldn't mind being wrong about that.. []

 

[dollarbill]

Hey Charlie well when I picket it up I kind of figured it would be a repo but for 2 buck I thought I could'nt go wrong .If its a Clevenger I'd guess it was an early one would'nt say. Anybody know any tell tail signs .
Thanks agian .
bill

 

[cyberdigger]

Well, I'll tell you what I thought.. for one, there's no basewear on the bottom, and also it looks.. "heavy" like the glass is too thick..
for $2 I would not hesitate to acquire it, even if certain it is a repro..

 

[botlguy]

According to McKearin & Wilson this is almost definitely an early, 1920s, perhaps the first, reproduction of a flask. An "in-hand" inspection by a flask expert would be able to tell for sure. It should be very close in appearance to a GV-5. Look at the horses mane and tell us if the mane has a sharp saw tooth design. If so, it is a REPOP. Also, somehow, the pontil scar doesn't look right to me.

 

[dollarbill]

Thanks Botlguy ,The mane on the horses does indeed look like sharp saw teeth. Heres another look at the pontil.
bill