ok guys found this bottle while cleaning out an old barn...im a coin hunter so i know nothing about this bottle except that its a double eagle flask. i would like to know when, where, value, etc. i hear this is the place to come for bottles so i thought i'd try it. i found bottles similar to this one, but this one just doesnt fit. the eagles head is facing the opposite way of all the others, and i cant find another one thats the same color. hope you guys can help me thanks.
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weston, that is a decent little flask. I cant think of it as very rare. Yours is a bit sick. I show a similar one, asking price $85.
Perhaps others can add more info.
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Have a pic of other side? Looks most likely a GII-109. If there are only 3 verticle lines in the breast of the eagle it could be a GII-95
Thanks for your research, 'Road Dog'. You motivated me to look in McKearin & Wilson.
GII-109 is embossed in the oval frame PITTSBURG / PA, according to the listing. Is this embossment optional; that is, is it still a GII-109 without the embossing?
GII-95 is a reasonable guess except for the missing round collar. I'm wondering if this flask lost its lip sometime after it was in circulation.
If this is a GII-95 that has lost its lip, the normal value of <$100 would be drastically affected, wouldn't it.
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I think the lip is correct. There are like a bunch of lip variations on these things. His appears from a pretty well used mold. Maybe it's just weakly embossed in the frame? Probably optional on the embossing. That flask is probably 1840's.
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That about covers it but it was brought up on the other post and I was wondering if you know what glass factory this was made at? There are no markings.
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Have a pic of other side? Looks most likely a GII-109. If there are only 3 verticle lines in the breast of the eagle it could be a GII-95
I agree with this one. Although it is listed as common. Yours is a little better IMO, because it is sheared and pontiled, therefore older. Great little find. Keep looking.... Grats!
I have three of the same flasks, two with city names, I will need to check the city's again but I think they were from New York or phailadelpia(sp). The ones I have are from the early 1800's and were used for travel. When they were empty the owner would go to a local tavern and have them filled and carry them in saddlebags or even in boots, hence bootleg liquor. The ones I have are in very good condition and valued at around 100-150 dollars, of course prices vary and I picked up mine a couple years ago.............RR
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