A vacuum flask also known as a dewar flask, dewar bottle or thermos is an insulating storage vessel that greatly lengthens the time over which its contents remain hotter or cooler than the flasks surroundings. The spout comes out at the thumb, so you can easily look like youre sucking your thumb 2yearold style. Knowledge is power and even safety of your money when dealing with any collectible bottles even more so than many other fields of collecting because of. Lists the most popular books and where to buy them. Im a writer with a phd in chemistry and over 15 years chemistry teaching experience. Collectors price guide to historical bottles and flasks. Illustrations, giving emphasis to the powder flasks of the nineteenth century.
Invented by sir james dewar in 1892, the vacuum flask consists of two flasks, placed one within the other and joined at the neck. Pint south carolina dispensary jojo flask, scd monogram, super condition. A roundbottom flask with a builtin plug valve or stopcock. Legality edit in the united states, it is illegal for an individual to possess, manufacture, buy, or sell a three neck round bottom flask while knowing, suspecting or intending the flask s purpose to be the manufacture of illegal or controlled substances. All with unique names like union oval, picnic and jojo pumpkin seed, shoofly, coffin shape, eagle, dandy, tear drop, and the. Books for antique bottle collectors antique bottle collectors haven. He studied classics and history at hampdensydney college, then began the study of medicine in richmond. A vacuum flask also known as a dewar flask, dewar bottle or thermos is an insulating storage vessel that greatly lengthens the time over which its contents remain hotter or cooler than the flask s surroundings. Its programmed using tps procedure for water structuring. Like with all collectibles and antiques, good advice is always to buy the book before the bottle. A flask is a bottle originally designed to be portable and easy to carry, which is typically oval to a rounded rectangle in crosssection, and laterally compressed on two sides. American historical flasks historical american glass.
In the next the next 3 years, he created 3 more fantasylike buildings out of bottles. Set this handsome vintage tome on your bookshelf and channel your innerhemingway or bukowski whenever the occasion strikes. Thats the view wayne curtis takes in his book and a bottle of rum. Bottle books for sale page high desert historic bottle. The salt during prohibition, booze was banned, but medicinal spirits werent, a loophole whiskey makers exploited. Dark olive glass, height 6 12, bim with open pontil base, near mint condition, nice crispness for one of these flasks, listed as gv5 in mckearins flask book, sold. Bottle bottle is a fast, simple and lightweight wsgi micro webframework for python. Homies a5 size memo bottle notebook style flat and ultra slim portable bottle. American bottles and flasks and their ancestry 1st edition by helen mckearin author, kenneth m.
This whiskey flask is clear glass with a cork closure. Square blacking bottle here is a classic example of early american utilitarian bottle making a 1820s to 1840s era blacking bottle most likely produced at an early new england glass factory. Antique fine old whiskey a blend glass bottleemptyunion. The gap between the two flasks is partially evacuated. Later period historical flasks will have more highly stylized figures. What would have led to selling spirits in a seven ounce bottle. Comprehensive book on the history of the flask and its use as a principal accessory to the firearm from its inception through the years. This is an empty union made, 7 ounce, warranted flask glass whiskey. This flask is a result of that hard drinking accusation and is considered extremely rare. Made from reclaimed library books, the warmly weathered cover opens to reveal the first few pages of a wellloved novel, then a final flip reveals a hollowed out holder for the included 6ounce flask. Powells bpa free nalgene bottle women authors trout green.
They say that in the middle ages, they would cut out the insides of certain fruits, and fill the fruit with liquor. While flasks have had a variety of uses over the years, such as the storing of gun powder, their primary purpose. Here offered is a big and heavy 2 full pounds of glass. Indeed, prior to largescale production of liquor bottles, glass flasks were the preferred containers for spirits. If you have questions, please ask as you know bottles are difficult to describe. Glass water bottle flaska your portable water spring. Flask book box hidden flask, novelty cocktail, novel. It is 7 16 tall, 1 14 in diameter at the top, 3 38 by 1 34 at the base, has as tooled double ring finish, is strapsided, weighs 0. This is an empty union made, 7 ounce, warranted flask glass whiskey bottle. Jul 09, 2014 the building was a bottle structure completed by george plumb about 20 year prior. Title on cover early american bottles and flasks part ii. I dont believe ive ever seen a seven ounce warranted flask till now. Liquor of all types bourbon, rye, gin, cognac, scotch, etc.
The eagle is usually depicted with his talons holding an olive branch. He sold his whiskey at 116 walnut street, philadelphia, just two doors down from the famous e. Back in the 1700s most people on the trail carried their water in leather skins made from goats. Sep 16, 2017 i have a flask i would like to know more about. Of course, the idea was to reassure the purchaser that he was getting a full seven ounces. Mittens flask if its cold outside, throw on these mitten flasks to keep yourself warm. After more bottle digging, bottle shows, joining a bottle club, researching, and learning from other collectors who started long before i did, it became clear there wasnt just one type of flask flasks have a wide variety of shapes, styles, sizes, and colors. A hip flask is most commonly purchased empty and then filled by the owner.
The hip flask appears frequently in comedy, in part because it allows drinking in inappropriate situations where a bottle would not normally be foundfor instance, in two and a half men, where charlie harper charlie sheen drinks alcohol from a hip flask during a funeral. Flasks of widely varying shapes and sizes were a very common container for spirits of all kinds, originating in the need for a traveling bottle. The ad from the late 1860s shows all the different types of bottles he made. Buy early american bottles and flasks by stephen van rensselaer online at alibris.
But there have been less compact versions of flasks in use for several centuries. Flaska is a reusable glass water bottle with an extra feature. Drinkware, mugs, pint glasses and more powells books. This is an amazing pair of charles wharton chestnut grove whiskey flasks. Lord states the whiskey flask is 6 38 tall and 2 12 wide at the base. Antique bottle, warranted flask, 7 ounce, whiskey flask, clear glass, cork closure, collectiblea wonderful antique 7 ounce warranted flask. This type of bottle was an inexpensive substitue for the silver liquor flasks which could only.
Tom kelly started the first bottle structure in rhyolite, nevada. Historical and commemorative flasks american bottle auctions. Molded yellowware flask in shape of a book with five horizontal bands on spine and circular opening on top. Knowledge is power and even safety of your money when dealing with any collectible bottles even more so than many other fields of collecting because of the incredible diversity of historic bottles.
Their history and evolution 15001850 a comprehensive. Hello, you are viewing my sale for an antique fine old whiskey a blend glass whiskey bottle. Historical american flasks as charted by the mckearins helen and george mckearin along with help from some of the most prominent collectors and glass historians of the day compiled an easy to use system for charting all of the early american historical flasks. Quick silver stainless steel 304 grade vacuum flask with carrie bag 500ml. It is marked warranted flask in raised letters and was found at fort ward, defenses of washington. Typically, these are generic spirits bottles which date to the late 1800s, say 18851900. The salt during prohibition, booze was banned, but medicinal spirits werent, a. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Combined with a few books about relativity, string theory and human evolution, this book has been worth the price of admission for me biased as it may be.
It also appears rarely in the simpsons, when homer drinks from it on occasion, and even allows bart. Antique bottle, warranted flask, 7 ounce, whiskey flask. All of these flasks will have sheared lips and rough pontil marks along with medial ribbing. Sep 28, 2016 keep them in good spirits, literally see more ideas about good spirits, flask and secret safe. Another variation seen on some generic spirits flasks is full measure as with this example of a coffin flask. Guide to identifying whiskey flasks antique trader. Bottle references society of historical archaeology. He used over 30,000 beer bottles that were held together with adobe. With this handson book, youll learn flask from the ground up by developing a complete social blogging application stepbystep. A flask similar to the flatbottomed flask that has round bodies and either a round bottom or a flat bottom so that one can stand the flask on a level surface. For this reason, many developing countries are embracing the construction of bottle structures. While these were cheap, they had several drawbacks. The washington taylor flask described by mckearin as gi37 is a fairly common item whether they be the original 19th century bottle or the abundantly reproduced 20th century copy. The word flask originated at some point between the mid0s to the mid1500s, and likely derived from the medieval latin flasco meaning container or bottle but that ancient flask was.
A flask with similar uses as the roundbottom flask, but with a flat bottom that allows it to stand on a level surface florence flask. It is distributed as a single file module and has no dependencies other than the python standard library. There are lots of bubbles in the glass from being blown into a mold. More cool stuff to be found the only other embossing is on the heel. Compared to the next few cylinder liquor bottle types, these would be called squatty in conformation. Often they did not resemble the flasks of today, most of which are made to fit neatly in a backpocket. Some flasks come with small cups to make sharing easier, although generally liquid is consumed directly from the flask. Ive seen many halfpint and pint warranted flasks, though. Hip flasks began to appear in the form that we recognize today during the 18th century, and were initially used by members of the gentry. The earliest liquor bottles manufactured during the time span covered by this webpage tended to be shaped like the bottles pictured here with a wide, moderate height body, and a moderate length neck. The story of american historical flasks mckearin, helen on. Harry, thank you for the very interesting info on these bottles. Are there any other odd size volume flasks of this sort.
If you have some previous python experience, this book shows you how to take advantage of the creative freedom flask. American bottles and flasks and their ancestry helen mckearin, kenneth m. Edouard started collecting bottles and created his first bottle houses in 1981. Antique double eagle historical flask quart gii26 aquamn glass bottle 18451860. Blacking is an old term for shoe polish as applied by bootblacks though the product was also used for harnesses, belts, and other leather products.
No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Liquorspirits bottles society for historical archaeology. Warranted star flask by star glass works, medford, new jersey that was made between 18971924. Bottle, what are their advantages and disadvantages. Check for the name or a patent date on the back of the bottle. Lajos kossuth, a hungarian revolutionary leader, toured the united states in 1851 at the invitation of the u. American eagle historical flasks historical american glass. Early american bottles and flasks by stephen van rensselaer and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. American eagle historical flasks 1822 to 1850 the following flasks are from the 1822 to 1850 time frame and were made in new hampshire,connecticut,pennsylvania,ohio, and new jersey.
Feb 14, 20 back in the 1700s most people on the trail carried their water in leather skins made from goats. Florence flasks typically have one neck which is longer and may be somewhat. Take full creative control of your web applications with flask, the pythonbased microframework. This is the first major comprehensive book on the history and evolution of antique glass bottles, flasks and jars between 1500 and 1850.
Mar 20, 2016 bottle bottle is a fast, simple and lightweight wsgi micro webframework for python. In the civil war collectors encyclopedia, by francis lord, t is an example of this bottle see pictures. However, the term flask also applies to smallest bottle sizes of alcohol in commercial markets citation needed. December 1999 questions digger odell bottle price guides. Developing web applications with python 1 by miguel grinberg isbn. Antique flasks tended to be ovular in shape, with short, stubby necks. This flask was likely blown at the lancaster glass works lancaster, ny between about 1845 and 1855, has a crudely shearedcrackedoff lip or finish which received some tooling and refiring, and has a large wonderfully nasty blowpipe pontil scar. Transcript printing company, peterborough, new hampshire, 1926. The mckearin historical flask groups historic glasshouse. Determining whether one is a true historical flask or just a replica made by the clevenger brothers or other late 20th century manufacturer is not always an easy task. Original iron scroll flask three piece bottle mold from the indiana glass co. Please read the important information for buyers section on the main bottles for sale page for complete buyer information dr. Tom haunton officially extended this group and added molds as documented in his book, tippecanoe and eg booz, too.
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