Miller's Extra recently posted a nice write-up on the differing lip and color variations found on the vertical Wormser Bros. flasks. These sure are classic, early, and nowadays tough to find flasks. I've never dug a whole one, just a bust Green colored one that would have been an arguable top example, right along with the nice Green one pictured in the Thomas whiskey book. I've also found a broken golden-yellow example of the Wormser Barrel in the Nevada desert (as pictured in the Downieville post prior)...and that's all I think I've ever managed to find from The W-Bros....
Pictured below is the "bay area" example found about 1-2 years ago. This one has a strong strike, very heavy whittle, super green color, and that sparklematic western glass....it has it all (except for the glue holding half of the pieces together and a few more missing pieces to the glass puzzle).
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqL-DxhsecIUhOMmX13FC7525OO5chOygnb7B6PqqaoymupJHAhE4EsUL6P8GAq3AD8pvoMbbuRd8dwvhORtolKEXqBdPsUgxW8_kLuzK2q_YftbXw0MsKDF2P8gOBQzii1OdmFxEaQaI/s400/Bottle+and+Misc+Pics+-+Sept+2010+056.jpg)
Bottom & Backside view:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjogEBkNkYkd3rm9RTP3XsY5vW37WtvAiFWeqpe5ITjImTpp2j4mYAQ-XsqS-lC6BdsBMLjtU_mkCixCo4yecCbnE0u85n6u9HPy2zWgwZm8zSX-Vv5-N5QrNV8ffFa6cVfeZOLMjRSKuw/s400/Bottle+and+Misc+Pics+-+Sept+2010+055.jpg)
Pictured between a few Western companions for color comparison:
My dad's current Wormser trio (below). From Left to Right: Yellow-Olive with smaller-sized double roll top, (Former R. Simi collection), Amber with olive tone, fat & large double roll top (Former J. Lawson collection), Amber with slight yellow-olive tone, flat top/over-sized double roll top (Former J. Lawson/Blake from Utah, collections).
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.