RARE ANTIQUE POTATO WHISKEY FLASK FOUST DISTILLERY GLEN ROCK PA 1870's

Description

rare antique figural William Foust Distillery, Glen Rock, PA whiskey flask with cap in a POTATO shape measuring 5 3/4" long,  2 3/4" wide, & 1 3/8" thick. This bottle is in Excellent Condition with no cracks or breaks, very clean, and well taken care of. The cap is intact and still has the inside cork lining. Ground top edge does have residue and rough edge as expected from hand grinding
One of the pictures shows "pat apld for". They produced and made Pennsylvania Whiskey popular, which was considered American's first great whiskey. These whiskey flasks are rare & don't show up often.
Foust Distillery was located in Glen Rock, Pennsylvania and made what they called Pennsylvania Whiskey, which was popular before Kentucky Bourbon. Foust was one of the last distilleries to produce Pennsylvania Whiskey which was considered America's first great whiskey. Foust Distillery was established in 1858 and closed in 1907.
Some 15 figural glass and ceramic bottles were issued by the Foust distillery. In addition to a realistic yellow banana,, they included a salt-covered pretzel, a ceramic ear of corn, a partially peeled sweet potato and a glass billy club. Other figurals attributed to Foust are a roast turkey, cigar, ham bone, clam shells, fish, pig and horn of plenty.
Write up above was copied from the internet.
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-figural-clam-shell-whiskey-1885805031
More Information about Foust
Distillery
in Glen Rock, Pennsylvania at:
http://www.ellenjaye.com/foust.htm
http://www.pre-pro.com/midacore/view_distillery.php?did=DST035