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1860's Union Flask

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Saloon/Brothel Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
1860's Union Flask
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This item SOLD at 2015 Apr 17 @ 10:22UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Aqua Union flask, pint, clean, mint condition; these are very popular. 100-150 different varieties, according to McKearin. During the 1860's and 1870's various Pittsburgh glass houses turned out vast quantities of the "union" flasks, having on one side a shield with hands, presumably clasped in reconciliation, and above the shield, the word "Union" and 13 stars and on the other side, an eagle, wings raised and parallel with the body which rests on the shield, from the lower sides of which the thunderbolt and olive branch extend. In the eagle's beak is a long ribbon or pennant. Some say it has developed into a "Dove of Peace" and is no longer an eagle. The clasped hands and "Union" are assumed to lend color to this transformation and it must be admitted that the outline of the bird's body and head do appear more dovelike than "eaglish." However, the typical thunderbolt seems an incongruity in connection with the dove of peace and traditional olive branch, which is always shown in the bill of the dove of peace is missing. [From "American Glass" by George S. and Helen Mckearin, p.479]

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Date: 1860

FHWAC#: 27033