Clear half pint coffin "shoe fly" flask.
Called the Jimmie Durking megaphone bottle. Stands 13 1/4" in height.
Company history courtesy of seller
mitchellscollectibles:
Jimmie Durkin was labeled "Man of his Word".
He came to Spokane in the spring of 1897 and purchased the major block on
northwest corner of Sprague Ave. and Mill (now wall street).
In the building he installed a family type liquor store for over-the-counter retail sales,
and a bar. The bar soon became known as the "working man's club" and it's code
of conduct, under Jimmie's personal supervision became the envy of many of the
other downtown liquor spots. Jimmie used advertising to drive his business to success.
He hired a Swedish sign painter to paint his logo on every rock, ledge and tree he
could find. One old-timer used to tell the story of the time a stranger swaggered
through Durkin's swinging doors and planted a granite boulder on the bar.
"here, Jimmie", he shouted, "here's one dammed rock that ain't got your name on it!"
The story that gave Jimmie Durkin's his label "Man of his Word" was the Reverend
E.H. Braden, pastor of the North Side Baptist Church's window display.
The reverend criticized from his pulpit the current Durkin's window display
which depicted Stuffed Crows for his Old Crow Whiskey.
The reverend told his congregation that he would like to decorate those windows
in a way that would display the true story of the evils of the liquor traffic.
Jimmie read about the attack in the local newspaper and contacted the
reverend and told him "you can use all of my windows for any liquor displays
you want. You can use anything you want, advertise anything you want, and
I will not interfere. Also I will pay for everything. You can depend on me, I'm a
man of my word." Thus, the stage was set for what was probably the first and
largest anti-liquor display to hit the Spokane area. Jimmie knew the free
advertising would more than double his trade. Once it was all over and the pastor
did realize the results of the advertising had caused an increase in business he
remarked "Well, at least he is a man of his word." Durkin picked up on this famous
remark, and used it as his motto from then on even going so far as having it inscribed
on his tombstone.
BIM 7 1/4" barrel-shaped whiskey in olive amber coloration. Sold on consignment by Reggie Lynch to the Mason County Museum in Maysville, KY. Here's a picture before it was cleaned.
unique label under glass flask with cross-hatch pattern on back.
Clear strap-sided flask pint size.
Pumkinseed style flask from California gold mine town.
Quart strap side flask in yellow citron (usually found in amber).
half pint coffin flask with embossing in circular slug plate. Cripple Creek was a gold mining town.
half pint whiskey from Oklahoma Territory.
Choice example of rare small circle Miller's in dark amber. Western whiskey from 1869-73.
Only two examples are known to exist. This bottle is so rare that the father of western whiskeys, R.E. Barnett states in his book on western whiskeys that he has "...never had one".
This example sold by Mike McNeil.
Rare label-under-glass whiskey.
Very Rare Applied Top Western Whiskey Cylinder Fifth embossed in a slugplate. This is one of the most popular western applied top slugplate whiskeys due to its name (snowflake) and rarity (only about 10 speciments known with only about 6 - 7 that are problem free). It dates from 1878 - 1885 period, and is a medium slightly reddish amber.
Henry Hughes & Morris Aaron ran the Phoenix Saloon from the
1880’s until 1908 when Prohibition came early to Natchitoches.
The old two-story saloon building, with a classic winding iron
staircase to the rear veranda and the second floor, was located
on the corner of Front & Horn Streets. The first floor housed a
lobby, a segregated pair of barrooms, and the card room.
The second floor was known as "The Phoenix Club Room" and
served as a restaurant for customers desiring a good meal.
The front of this historic building faced the Cane River,
and this structure was originally built in the 1830’s by the
Prudhomme family as a store. About 50 feet behind this building
was a smaller structure for Beer & Whiskey storage.
This strap-sided BIMAL flask stands 6-1/4" tall, and is unusually
free of cracks or chips. The photo illustrates the bold and
extensive slug plate embossing, with all of the desired
information on this saloon partnership.
Above info courtesy of James E. Kattner, the author of the article that appeared
in The Old Bottle Magazine.
Yellow olive amber color. circa 1870s.
One of the few whisky bottles made in cobalt blue and definitely one of the most popular with collectors.
Clear glass with amethyst tint, height 8 7/8", rectangular form, smooth base, tooled mouth.
In the early 1890's W.T. & C.D. Gunter became Jack Daniel's Sole sales agent in Nashville, Tenn. until the 'Bone Dry' law was passed in 1910.
Clear glass with a faint amethyst tint, height 9",
cylindrical form, smooth base, tooled mouth.
Normally this bottle is found in the traditional one-fifth size
(shown below).
Authentic, hand blown, Jack Daniel whiskey bottle which dates
between 1890 and 1910.
Smooth base with "B" on base. Clear glass, 10 7/8", fancy fluted
neck and shoulder, square with rounded corners, tooled mouth.
Owned by Dave Graci, Email: Stonebotle@aol.com