RARE & MINTY AMERICAN NAUTICAL MARITIME SILVER 1890's POCKET WHISKEY FLASK

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FINE RARE & MINTY AMERICAN NAUTICAL MARITIME SILVER 1890's POCKET WHISKEY FLASK
RARE & MINTY AMERICAN NAUTICAL MARITIME SILVER 1890's POCKET WHISKEY FLASK
RARE & MINTY AMERICAN NAUTICAL MARITIME SILVER ENGRAVED
SPORTSMANS AMBER GLASS POCKET WHISKEY FLASK ~ CIRCA 1890's
This is a high quality
American
Antique pocket Whiskey flask, with a silver engraved overlay on an amber colored glass. The glass is hand blown into a mold, and thus shows tiny bubbles and slight imperfections in the glass. This piece is identical in size and shape to others in the set, but each flask has a different theme and front design. This flask has a schooner with full sails, and the humorous, tongue in cheek lettering, "Spar Varnish"; a play on works for the Nautical aficionado referring to the contents of a sailor’s Whiskey flask. This unusual, shaped flask is concentric, i.e., both the front and back are rounded, and tapers slightly from the top to the bottom. This style flask would be kept inside a jacket pocket vs. a flask with a concave back intended as a hip flask. These flasks are handmade and vary slightly. This flask is 5 3/4" tall x 2 15//16" wide x 1 5/16" thick and weighs 7.2 ounces or 204 grams. The domed screw cap is stamped STERLING, and has the original old cork insert and secures the top
tightly. There are a couple small dings to the thin silver cap; one is on the rim just above the word STERLING and a small adjacent ding on the side of the cap; but are
certainly not distracting overall to the overall minty condition.
This piece also has 3 separate faint stamping on the back bottom crossbar. The first stamping
starts with an S but is unintelligible and looks like a sterling mark. The second stamping starts with a D but is unreadable. The last mark is the pattern number 1465. The flask is beautifully hand filigreed with silver scroll lettering similar to the period for American flasks, with fine line engraving on the S of spar and V of varnish. The top sailboat is finely overlaid, and hand engraved with line engraved borders on the 3 sails, boat, mast, and flag. The top is sterling silver as are the 7/16" stripes down the sides and bottom front and back borders. The silver has a light naturally occurring aged patina overall. The bottom is flat so it can stand upright. It is exceedingly difficult to photograph a curved shiny item, and I took dozens of images to try to show this piece properly. There are no repairs or alterations. The inside glass is in untouched condition and appears unused.
Overall, in minty condition. This would be great for any Yachtsman, Boatsman, Sailor, Sporting Gent, Whiskey, gambling, or flask collection; and could still be used by any gentleman, sportsman, hunter, outdoors man, or sports fan. Years ago, I saw a high-end dealer at a high-end Antique show sell 2 different flasks from this rare set in the ,100 - ,300 range for each one. I have only seen a handful of these flasks in decades as a dealer.
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