Date & Origin
England, c1890-1900. Period of Victoria.
Condition
Excellent, age-related wear as shown.
Dimensions
Height: 9.4cm Width: 5cm Depth: 2.3cm.
Weight
75 grams
Technical Description
A real novelty item over 100 years old and just as useful now as it was then. A small pocket flask, brown leather-bound at the base with its original working and tight screw top and cork insert. Being Scottish, we've called it a Whisky Flask and it would work well with the amber gold but I'm sure in its day these flasks were probably used for all sorts of rather nasty and strong concoctions.
Small enough to fit the suit pocket, purse, handbag or clutch and a great Xmas present.
Historical Relevance
in September of 1900, a hurricane hit Galveston Texas leaving an estimated 6,000 to 8,000 dead.
On a brighter note, in 1895 the Italian born inventor Guglielmo Marconi uses radio waves to create a system of "wireless telegraphy" to transmit signals a distance of approximately 1.5 kilometers in Pontecchio, Italy. By 1901 he improved his equipment so much, that he was able to send a signal across the Atlantic from Poldu in Cornwall to St John's Newfoundland in Canada.
I'm sure he celebrated with a few small drams from his pocket flask.
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