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$1,776 (42 bids, 9 bidders): Antique Half Pint Civil War Union
Flask, Original Color, Screw Top—Rare. Take a look at this half-pint
Celebrating beauty. I’ve never seen an original flask in this color, darker towards
23 Antiques the bottom and lighter purple towards the top. Mouth-blown with a
YEARS! molded screw thread and ground top and the original cap, seam-
on the side flask, and it has a great example of a key-mold base. Beautiful
MAin street 1 condition and very clean. Call it purple, amethyst or eggplant. This
Specializing in Primitives flask is not artificially colored or irradiated. It is an original piece of
Customer Civil War history, most likely from a Pittsburgh glasshouse. I purchased
this at an East Grand Rapids estate sale many years ago from the
AppreCiAtion great-great granddaughter of George Nelson who was in the 1st
sAle! 2 Regiment Michigan Sharpshooter Division. The flask, cherished and
JULY 11 th 3 handed down over the generations is in very fine condition with no
20% OFF chips or cracks. It has a very, light shallow scratch about 1-inch long
Storewide on one side. Very hard to see and can’t be felt.
On the other side, it has a small in-making imperfection and a
Peggy Capps, Proprietor couple of very, very small and light scratches. (Photos courtesy of eBay seller oldbottlelarry.)
(352) 523-0999 JS: I used to love to dig in Civil War dump sites for bottles and other things. Union flasks
14122 7th STREET DADE CITY are not encountered as far as I know from my experience, so I contacted a few bottle-
DADE CITY, FL 33525 3 digging friends who agreed that this style postdates the war, especially with the screw-cap
closure. Now, could a Civil War soldier have owned this, as noted in the description? Of
course, but most likely, it is post-war.
If you search auction results of bottle auctions and eBay, numerous un-embossed Union
AMERICAN EAGLE flasks can be found with a little amethyst color for about $10. A very similar embossed,
ANTIQUES screw-top closure Union flask with a lighter amethyst color sold for $29 four years ago
on eBay. Why did this flask bring so much, even if it wasn’t from the Civil War or a rare
14232 7th Street style? It was the color; color rules in this genre. Having the only Union flask known of this
Dade City, FL 33523 deep-purple color obviously pitted two determined bidders to go to a very high price. Was
352-521-3361 it worth it? The person who bought it no doubt thinks it was since he/she paid that price.
OpEN 7 DAyS 11-5:30 That person has the bragging rights of having this possibly unique color flask of this style.
Rare, rich color glass is thought to have been used by glassmakers for special
AMERICAN EAGLE Late Century Modern Furniture presentation pieces or gifts. In earlier figural and historic flasks made in the mid-19th
century, rare colors have brought well over $10,000, and I don’t recall ever seeing amethyst
ANTIQUES, TOO Decorative Arts & Accessories in the color palette on them. This is such a beautiful bottle that I believe the price reflected
Featuring Fine Antiques 11853 Curley St, San Antonio the “highest and best market” on that day, though dealers I spoke to both said $50-$75
without knowing the story of this auction.
14119 7th Street 6 mi. from Dade City / 11 mi. from Zephyrhills
Dade City, FL 33523 352-588-2001 $4,706 (39 bids, 18 bidders): Antique 19thC George Brown
352-521-0390 www.sanantonioantiquesflorida.com American Tin Clockwork Suffragette Hoop Toy, NR. Measuring
OpEN 10-5 MON-SAT Proprietor, John C. Herrmann 4 10 in. tall, this toy is described online as a Suffragette woman,
pushing clockwork mechanism, in between two large hoops.
Between the hoops is a smaller Suffragette Woman. One
hoop measures 8 1/8 in. diameter, and the second is slightly
smaller at 7 1/8 in. diameter, so this toy would have rolled
in circles. The tin suffragette originally held a small American
flag in her hand, and there was once a bell attached to the
front of the clockwork mechanism. Finally, there originally
OLD • NEW • UNIQUE TREASURES was a china-head doll with hands specially designed to hold
5155 Gall Blvd (US 301) Zephyrhills onto the handle on the back of this clockwork toy so it would
Across from Village Inn walk along behind it.
813-355-3457 This rare George Brown Clockwork Toy has a few condition issues. The flag is missing, and
Check out our Live Sales on Facebook the foot that attaches to the mechanism has been bent and re-straightened. There is a repair to
Every Thu, Fri & Sat @ Noon the smaller hoop, and several areas of wear to the original painted tin surface. The clockwork
mechanism is still strong- winds and un-winds properly. There are no restorations to the paint!
(Photos courtesy of eBay seller wwolst12)
PH: At age 15, George W. Brown (1830-1889) became an apprentice to clockmaker J.C.
Brown in Bristol, CT., an area once populated by many clock and tin makers. After 11 years,
Brown partnered with another clockmaker, Chauncy Goodrich, and formed George W.
5 Brown & Co. to make toys (mechanical and non) and clocks. The company is credited with
Like us on Facebook at: vintagemarketplace OPEN Tue - Sat 11 till 4 introducing moving clockwork mechanisms to tin toys in the 1850s. Products included model
boats, trains, horse-drawn carriages, and fire engines. In 1869, he joined forces with the J&E
98 Stevens Co. of Cromwell, CT. Stevens’ specialty was cast iron toys and banks—the combined
DADE CITY 7th company would go on to produce some of the most iconic toys of the era.
Meridian Stevens & Brown used the American Toy Company in New York City as their sales
36A representative, and also sold by catalog. Though selling around 100,000 toys a year, they
Curley 52 98 were still considered a small company.
Clinton Ave A recent auction by Bertoia reported a Suffragette clockwork toy sold, in similar condition
SAN ANTONIO with minor repairs and repaints, but with flag intact, for $6,000. Prior reported auction sales
from 2014 and ‘15 are in the $20,000-$30,000 range with some differences in condition and
missing parts. When rarities appear at auction, the price will be driven by who is in the market
4 301 at the time and how deep the pockets are. All parties should be happy with this transaction.
98 (Quoted prices realized do not reflect buyer’s premiums or tax if applicable).

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ZEPHYRHILLS Philip Hawkins, ISA AM, AAG is an accredited member of the International Society of Appraisers and a
founding member of the Appraisers Association of Georgia. He can be reached via the ISA website or at 404-
320-7275. John Sexton is an independent appraiser and expert of Civil War memorabilia. He is an accredited
Gall Blvd
54 5 member of various appraiser organizations. He can be contacted at 770-329-4984. If you have a Civil War
item for him to appraise, email a photo and a description to mclwriter@gmail.com.