Lets See Your Flasks!

[NJKLAGT]

Let's See Your Flasks!

Alright,

Let's see your flasks! I'll start with this L&W (Lorenz & Wightman) union oval flask from Pittsburgh PA, that I dug on June 25th, 2015. I can not tell you how excited I was to pull this beautiful form from the mud. As a Canadian more interested in American history and culture (and glass), I'm so happy that this thing found its way across the lake to Ontario - to have its time, get tossed out and covered up, to sit and wait there, to be revealed to me, to share it with you here and now. I love that droopy applied lip with those olive green swirls. I love that haze. I love those bubbles. This is one of my favourite digs, I love this flask!

Let's see your flasks!

 

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[unclemac]

does a pumpkin seed flask count? found this on a beach in Oregon years ago along with a bunch of other bottles that must have just been washed out of a dump or a privy.

 

[villagenut]

This is almost embarrassing but most are broken...here is a slickster that escaped..

 

[NJKLAGT]

Pumpkin seeds do count! Nice one, unclemac, I really like those 'picnic' flasks in the pumpkin seed shape, and this one's a beauty.

An amber flask has always been a big checklister for me villagenut, I really hope to dig one with a nice rich colour like that some day!

 

[Davecourt]

Nice flask.
I like the first pic with the cork in it.
Good save on your part!
Dave

 

[RelicDude]

Did someone say flasks? Here's a few of mine. My favorite being the half pint John h Finn from my home town of winsted. I also like the pikes peak it has a very unusual applied lip. Beautiful flasks everyone keep them coming.

 

[RelicDude]

Alright,

Let's see your flasks! I'll start with this L&W (Lorenz & Wightman) union oval flask from Pittsburgh PA, that I dug on June 25th, 2015. I can not tell you how excited I was to pull this beautiful form from the mud. As a Canadian more interested in American history and culture (and glass), I'm so happy that this thing found its way across the lake to Ontario - to have its time, get tossed out and covered up, to sit and wait there, to be revealed to me, to share it with you here and now. I love that droopy applied lip with those olive green swirls. I love that haze. I love those bubbles. This is one of my favourite digs, I love this flask!

Let's see your flasks!

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That thing is killer It's quite crude. I like the applied collar. Do you find a lot of American bottles up your way? I have only found Canadian bottle.

 

[john glassman]

I have few flask's nothing great some flask's stuffed in my display case.

 

[NJKLAGT]

Wow, what a stunning collection of flasks, RelicDude. Did you dig these?! Did you dig the Pikes Peak, Cornucopia, and local? Yeah I've never seen a bead finish like that on a Pikes Peak, I thought usually they had a collar like my flask here.

You do find a lot of American glass here north of the border. Navigation on the Great Lakes must have made swapping goods very convenient for us. And there was a lot of Canadian glass production near the water, in Hamilton, Toronto, and Wallaceburg, so I imagine you see a lot of our stuff make its way there. I find things from Boston, lots of things from New York, I've got one shoe dressing bottle from Rhode Island, then of course Watkins and Rawleigh's stuff is everywhere, and lots and lots of Owens-Illinois glass.

You guys are lucky to have a longer and larger history of glassmaking though. Since we've always had such a relatively small population, I think you'd be shocked if you came over here to dig, the number of bottles to dig is simply waaay lower. I always see these YouTube videos of you guys bringing home barrelfuls of beautiful bottles, or leaving all these blobs behind because they aren't embossed or something, and I'm like OH MY GOSH, ANY ONE OF THOSE WOULD MAKE MY DAY haha. I can't really speak from years of experience or anything, but I'm willing to wager that Canadians typically have smaller, newer collections. But hey, to me it's not about how many you have or how old they are or anything, it's about those experiences - and I don't feel deprived in the least. Haha, 'still wanna dig America though!

 

[NJKLAGT]

Just stuffin' 'em in shoulder to shoulder, eh john glassman? I love that Brooklyn, NY flask, I also like that amber one behind the bells. I really wanna dig an amber flask!

 

[john glassman]

Just stuffin' 'em in shoulder to shoulder, eh john glassman? I love that Brooklyn, NY flask, I also like that amber one behind the bells. I really wanna dig an amber flask!

Sorry limit space available hehe ps . The last pic has a punkin flask with a star embossed on it next to claypipes

 

[RelicDude]

Wow, what a stunning collection of flasks, RelicDude. Did you dig these?! Did you dig the Pikes Peak, Cornucopia, and local? Yeah I've never seen a bead finish like that on a Pikes Peak, I thought usually they had a collar like my flask here.

You do find a lot of American glass here north of the border. Navigation on the Great Lakes must have made swapping goods very convenient for us. And there was a lot of Canadian glass production near the water, in Hamilton, Toronto, and Wallaceburg, so I imagine you see a lot of our stuff make its way there. I find things from Boston, lots of things from New York, I've got one shoe dressing bottle from Rhode Island, then of course Watkins and Rawleigh's stuff is everywhere, and lots and lots of Owens-Illinois glass.

You guys are lucky to have a longer and larger history of glassmaking though. Since we've always had such a relatively small population, I think you'd be shocked if you came over here to dig, the number of bottles to dig is simply waaay lower. I always see these YouTube videos of you guys bringing home barrelfuls of beautiful bottles, or leaving all these blobs behind because they aren't embossed or something, and I'm like OH MY GOSH, ANY ONE OF THOSE WOULD MAKE MY DAY haha. I can't really speak from years of experience or anything, but I'm willing to wager that Canadians typically have smaller, newer collections. But hey, to me it's not about how many you have or how old they are or anything, it's about those experiences - and I don't feel deprived in the least. Haha, 'still wanna dig America though!

Thank you much. I wish I did dig all of these .the two Amber lydenboro flasks and the local half pint flask were all dug the ink hole. The two quart flasks I found for three dollars at a flea market at that price it's just as good as digging them. Then the cornucopia was a gift from neighbors and lastly the pikes peak was dug by a friend and traded him six torington CT blob tops for. I think I got the better deal on that one.

 

[Harry Pristis]

Flasks . . . Yes! Here are some more or less common examples that I like:

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[NJKLAGT]

Nice that you could dig those amber flasks, RelicDude, and that local must have been so exciting! Great finds, and a great collection. What a nice gift, that Cornucopia!

Harry Pristis, those are some nice ones, I really like that amber coffin and the one on the far right, I don't know what you'd call that, but I love that awesome shape and colour!

Here is the only other flask that I've had the pleasure to dig, April 21st 2015, a nice bubbly amethyst shoo-fly. It was under a massive fallen burr oak, surrounded by a mess of broken bottles, it's a miracle this one survived!

 

[RelicDude]

I forgot about these two. The Ritterman & Kraemer dug last fall from the ink hole and the seem side was a surface find from a farm dump in south western Massachusetts.

 

[epackage]

The majority of local flasks in and around Paterson N.J.

 

[NJKLAGT]

Absolutely jaw-dropping, epackage. WOW! I really like those 3 Schwarz in image 13 of 15. Heck, I really like them all!

 

[Harry Pristis]

Interesting flasks all. Here's a trio of small flasks, perhaps used for essence of Jamaica ginger. The two larger ones hold 1.5 fluid ounces, while the center flask holds 0.75 fl. oz.

Here's a better image.​

 

[Bob-E-Pin]

Loving everybody's collections, excellent thread ! Here are a few from the yet to be cleaned cabinet.

 

[Davecourt]

Epackage, that is phenomenal.
God for you!
Dave