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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;42Skeezix, post: 57949, member: 40&quot;]Is the book flask marked on the &quot;spine?&quot; The best of these will often have a &quot;title&quot; inscribed such as &quot;Hermits Delight&quot; or &quot;Bennington Ladies&quot;...as many were made in Bennington, Vt.. The very best are maker marked on the Base. Even unmarked in any way examples are popular, though nowhere NEAR what they were say 15 years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>These will always be called BENNINGTON, or Bennington TYPE book flasks whether they were made there or not.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> Circa 1840-1870 or so.</p><p><br /></p><p>Condition?</p><p><br /></p><p>Nice find.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bear... Are you familiar with any English origin Rockingham glaze book flasks or is this a particularly American form? I know the Coachman and Mermaid Rockingham glaze flasks were made both here and there but I can&#039;t recall any mention of this form coming from England.</p><p><br /></p><p>Greg...The tile looks Moravian but they&#039;re usually marked.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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