Wedding Boquet Rye Flask Omaha, Neb.

[ACLbottles]

I don't really collect flasks but I thought this one was cool and it was cheap too so I picked it up. It's embossed: "Wedding Boquet / Rye / Walter Moise & Co. / Distillers / Omaha, Neb.". The word "bouquet" is misspelled on the flask, spelled "boquet". It appears to be very early ABM, with bubbles and other imperfections throughout. It has a screw top with a ground lip, and it's missing the cap. Looks like a half pint size. I've been able to find an example or two of similar flasks online from the same company, but I've found almost nothing about this flask. Does anybody know how rare this flask is? Also, anyone have an approximate value? Thanks![attachment=IMG_2441.JPG][attachment=IMG_2444.JPG]

 

[Nevadabottles]

Hi there ACLbottles, anything that is embossed and misspelled on a bottle makes the value go up. Here is one without the misspelling https://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/RE-Melton-Senate-Saloon-Whiskey-Flask-m367633.aspx. Value wise I could guess but probably won't be anywhere close to the actual value.

 

[Lordbud]

If it has a ground top on the screw-threads then it is blown, not ABM. Out here in the "West" we love embossed flasks. I'm surprised whiskey flasks aren't more popular in other parts of the bottle collecting country. I miss the posts of the Texas diggers/collectors. What was his forum alias? Jaysemporium? Haven't seen a good Texas post in many moons...

 

[Robby Raccoon]

Why does the inside look silvery?

 

[ACLbottles]

Thanks for the info Jason. Robert, I think that's just the table it was on reflecting the light from the window, because in person the inside is perfectly clear.

 

[Robby Raccoon]

Very interesting. Thank you.

 

[RIBottleguy]

Hi Jonathan,Nice flask! It is definitely BIM, virtually any bottle with a ground lip is even though the mold seam appears to go straight to the top. A flask like this would likely date from 1900-1919.

 

[Skylark]

Perhaps the misspelling was intentional to save on adding letters to the embossing?

 

[Nevadabottles]

I would doubt a professional company would misspell a product to save some room on a bottle.