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Lot 727
[SPORTS]. Antique pewter flask featuring illustration of a baseball player, San Francisco, CA.
Sale 1252 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online
Lots Open
Nov 30, 2023
Lots Close
Dec 11, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$200 - 400
Price Realized
$189
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Lot Description
[SPORTS]. Antique pewter flask featuring illustration of a baseball player, San Francisco, CA.

Pewter pocket flask having a screw-on top, 3 x 6 1/4 in. The top half of the flask comes off to reveal the opening of the flask, which is on the end of a short neck and has a screw-on cap. The cap as well as the inside of the top cover are marked by the maker, "G & J. W. Hawksley," of Sheffield, England. An illustration of a baseball player in the batting stance is featured on one side of the flask, with "S.F. Cal." inscribed above (wear to the exterior surface commensurate with age and utilitarian function). Ca mid-to-late 19th century. 
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Property from the Inventory of James C. Frasca
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