There are 43 documented molds of 19th century American historical flasks which portray a Masonic design on at least one face of the bottle. These flasks comprise Group 4 of American Bottles and Flasks and their Ancestry. In this group, several molds are quite rare and some examples are easily worth 30 to 50 thousand [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Scroll Flasks
Antique scroll flasks are easy to spot thanks to their distinctive shape. While aqua is the most commonly found color by far, other brilliant colors (greens, ambers, blues) are not infrequently encountered and fetch top dollar by collectors. George and Helen McKearin described the scroll (or violin) flasks in their book, American Glass, in the [...]
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Old Bitters in a New Bottle
I recently exchanged emails with John Keys after stumbling upon his bitters ingredients auctions on ebay. For about $10, you can recreate the 19th century experience of the bitters consumer – with great historical accuracy. His product line is called Wild West Bitters – you will receive the herbs and spices used in many of [...]
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