I found a bottle the other day just sitting on top of the ground dunno home many years its been there but it looks old... any one have any ideas on it? Age? Use?
it does have the seem all the way to the top and around the neck... so its machine made... I was thinking it might be a whiskey bottle... i fits in the hand very well... maybe one made for the ladies... any idea on the age?
Assuming the bottle was made in the U.S. we can nail it down pretty well.
The Owen's Automatic Bottle Machine came into use around 1905, but I don't think they used it for these types of whiskey flasks until at least the mid-teens (1915ish?).
They started printing FEDRAL LAW FORBIDS THE SALE OR RESUSE OF THIS BOTTLE on whiskey (and other hard liquor) bottles in 1935
I'm guessing that your bottle dates from the late teens to early 1920's mostly based on instinct, but it's most certainly between 1915 and 1935.
If there are any manufacturer's marks on the bottle we can nail it down better!
Look for any type of symbol, letters and/or numbers on the base or around the edge near the base......
Let me know if you find anything and we'll take it from there
I don't think this little flask was necessarily used for spirits. There might have been a variety of uses, such as for liquid aspirin. We've all seen the little flasks embossed "St. Joseph's". Many other medicinal preparations may have been bottled in such a flask. We'll never know what it contained originally.
Now, these little flasks make me wonder about the original contents:
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I don't think this little flask was necessarily used for spirits.
True enough! The only way to be absolutely sure would be to find the exact same bottle with a label still attached.....
However, back in the day it was common for folks to carry a small flask of liquor in their pocket. We've all seen it in the movies, but I can't say that I know anyone who carries one around these days!
This flask sure looks like one of those, but we'll likely never know for certain
Hmmm......the "F" could indicate Fairmount Glass Works. The wbesite I've been referring to for manufacturer's marks states that this mark was used from 1920 to 1933 which gibes well with my initial guess on the date.
The number "394" in the middle is probably a mold number.....
The number "7" on the opposite side from the "F" could indicate 1927.
However, keep in mind that these markings might mean none of the above and just be some incomprehensible code used by some other manufacturer to identify their bottles!
I was sort of hoping for something more diffinitive like an "IPG" in a triangle, or "O" in a square. Well, it is what it is, and you can at least tell people that you think it was a whiskey flask made by the Fairmount Glass Works in 1927......
Hmmm......the "F" could indicate Fairmount Glass Works. The wbesite I've been referring to for manufacturer's marks states that this mark was used from 1920 to 1933 which gibes well with my initial guess on the date.
The number "394" in the middle is probably a mold number.....
The number "7" on the opposite side from the "F" could indicate 1927.
However, keep in mind that these markings might mean none of the above and just be some incomprehensible code used by some other manufacturer to identify their bottles!
I was sort of hoping for something more diffinitive like an "IPG" in a triangle, or "O" in a square. Well, it is what it is, and you can at least tell people that you think it was a whiskey flask made by the Fairmount Glass Works in 1927......
Cool... close enough for me! thanks for your help!
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chuckers it is impressive that you found all those while detecting. Nothing too great shown here, I must be honest with you. But, if you ever stumble across a good old bottle dump, I bet you wont be able to resist diggin it, which means you are officially a bottle hound. But remember, it is really difficult to find a good quality surface/shallow bottle dump nowadays. Really difficult. But not impossible, they lie just out of sight, hidden away, taunting our conscience.
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it has a #29 on the bottom and on the sides it says BALT** and SHARP**** The * means I can't read it
That's by far my favorite of the lot!
It's hard to tell through all the dirt, but it looks to be hand blown and far older than anything else you've found
If you have some spare time on your hands, you should clean that bottle up a bit. You could use one of those green scrubbing pads and dish soap - or whatever's handy.
You should be able to clean the inside too without having to employ any fancy brushes or bent wires......
I'd be displaying that one myself - after cleaning!
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The little brown guy is a Sharpe & Dohme pill bottle from Baltimore, they look neat and there are hundreds of thousands of them out there. The Ruth's soda is your best bottle...Jim
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The little brown guy is a Sharpe & Dohme pill bottle from Baltimore, they look neat and there are hundreds of thousands of them out there. The Ruth's soda is your best bottle...Jim
is it RUTH and in Babe Ruth? I notice it has baseball pennants on it... if so I'll agree with you... 100%
I don't think this little flask was necessarily used for spirits. There might have been a variety of uses, such as for liquid aspirin. We've all seen the little flasks embossed "St. Joseph's". Many other medicinal preparations may have been bottled in such a flask. We'll never know what it contained originally.
Now, these little flasks make me wonder about the original contents:
Here ya go Harry. Snagged this pic awhile ago from somewhere's.
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