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  1. #1

    Oct 2006
    Zelienople
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    Last 3 from old privy - any flask experts?

    I finally got around to cleaning the last three bottles from a very interesting privy (many hair restoration products, a nice ink, etc.) and here they are. Two appear to be flasks, with irregular tops and very little else in the way of identification. One does say "Full Pint." The big square bottle has what appears to be an interlocking "YV" on the bottom, which I assume is the bottle manufacturer. I'll do some research on that, but I'm always willing to hear the experts weigh in! One of the flasks has a circular area on it, which I assume would have had some sort of label (?). Thanks for checking these out!
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    A gentleman farmer named Floyd
    With some of his kin was annoyed
    The boys in their youth
    Did not know the truth
    And one of his tools was destroyed

  2. #2
    us
    Apr 2008
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    Re: Last 3 from old privy - any flask experts?

    Nice casket flasks. Keep on digging and show us some more.. jgas
    JGAS

  3. #3
    us
    Dec 2008
    austin,texas
    ace 250
    1,067

    Re: Last 3 from old privy - any flask experts?

    If push comes to shove,try going to a liquor store and see what they say?

  4. #4

    Oct 2006
    Zelienople
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    Re: Last 3 from old privy - any flask experts?

    Quote Originally Posted by jgas
    Nice casket flasks. Keep on digging and show us some more.. jgas
    As soon as I can locate another privy, the shovel's ready! Generally, what's the age on these things? Late 1800's?
    A gentleman farmer named Floyd
    With some of his kin was annoyed
    The boys in their youth
    Did not know the truth
    And one of his tools was destroyed

  5. #5
    us
    Apr 2008
    Midwesterner
    DFX, Pro 6000XL, SunRay Probe, Centech Pinpointer
    3,015
    26 times
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    Re: Last 3 from old privy - any flask experts?

    Looks like late 1800's early 1900's...Nice clean bottles. jgas
    JGAS

  6. #6
    us
    Feb 2009
    Northcentral Florida
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    Re: Last 3 from old privy - any flask experts?

    These are called "coffin" flasks. They date to the 1880s. They are often embossed with "Full Measure" or "Full Pint" because these measures were newly standardized. Here's one I dived up:

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    “A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.”
    --Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) in "The Sign of Four"

  7. #7
    us
    Feb 2006
    Castle Shannon, PA
    Whites MXT
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    Re: Last 3 from old privy - any flask experts?

    I don't remember those coming out of that privy? Did you find those the day first day you were there by yourself?

  8. #8

    Oct 2006
    Zelienople
    White's XLT
    4,021
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    Re: Last 3 from old privy - any flask experts?

    Quote Originally Posted by Kiros32
    I don't remember those coming out of that privy? Did you find those the day first day you were there by yourself?
    After posting this, I remembered that these were from the Alberts' privy down the street. My bad. That's the problem with waiting so long; you forget where things are from!
    A gentleman farmer named Floyd
    With some of his kin was annoyed
    The boys in their youth
    Did not know the truth
    And one of his tools was destroyed

 

 

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