Quick Sampling of Chestnut Flask Pics...

Discussion in 'Pottery, Glass, and Porcelain' started by wlwhittier, Jun 23, 2022.

  1. wlwhittier

    wlwhittier Well-Known Member

    The trio are blown in (3-part) mold, tooled lip, with applied ring handles and no pontil. A bottle person could date them with fair accuracy.

    The amber one is an early crown-capped patent medicine (VINOL) pint flask, blown in mold, with a proprietary bottom mold over a tube pontil, patent dated April 19, 1893. Vinol was a very popular snake-oil around the turn of the century, probably due to a high alcohol content.

    William Painter invented the crown bottle cap in 1892.

    The shapes are what're important to this conversation. I've never seen an actual Chestnut, but they must have a similar flattened, inverted heart shape.

    Gotta go...more Chestnut flasks later!
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    wlwhittier, Jun 23, 2022
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