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L. Eppinger / Portland.
An extremely scarce ca. early 1880's Oregon 1/2 pint flask attributed to the Bureau Saloon, located at 9 First Street in the "old part" of Portland.
I've actively collected antique bottles since the mid 1960's and western whiskies have always been my collecting focus. I moved to Southern Oregon after college, back in the mid seventies. Despite actively digging for many years, I never dug so much as a shard of the Eppinger flask. Best we can tell, there are less than ten of the half pints known to exist in any condition.
This example is clear and measures 6 1/16" in height. There are a few bubbles of varying shapes and sizes present. The strike is crisp and well executed. The previous owner painted the embossing with white shoe polish, as was the common practice of collectors a few decades ago. It can easily be removed with soap and water. There is some general overall character present and the front of the bottle slumps in slightly.
The bottle is free of stain, cracks, etc.
This bottle was found in the Portland area, and was only rinsed out. It has not been tumbled or pro-cleaned. There are two minor flakes present off the edge of the base at both the front and rear. I've highlighted them in closeup photos. Both are roughly the thickness of a piece of binder paper and 1/8" or less in diameter. Neither have any contact or impact marks present and they may well be production related; caused when the mold was opened after the bottle was blown. This, and the lollipop colored Brickwedel pint flask from S. F., which I am also listing, are the last two flasks that remain from my collection, which I'd worked at assembling for the past fifty years.
Now $145~ plus P&I
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