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Object Name2 Whiskey Bottles
Made FromNon-lead glass, paper
Date1968
Place MadeUnited States
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number68.4.646
Credit LineGift of Dant Distillers Co.
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionOpaque white non-lead glass, paper. Rectangular shape, one side embossed with eagle with shield on breast, other side plain with paper label showing a printed colored scene of The Boston Tea Party, decorative molding frames each side, base one edge has paper label with "AMERICANA/COLLECTION/OF/GREAT/MOMENTS/IN/HISTORY/J.W.Dant's/AMERICANA/KENTUCKY/STRAIGHT BOURBON/WHISKY/EIGHT YEARS OLD/86 PROOF/4/5 QUART", base is embossed: "AMERICANA #1/BOSTON TEA PARTY/BY LAWRENCE BUTCHER/J.W.DANT/1968". Paper label hung around neck explains that this is a limited edition; flattened glass ball stopper has cork stem and eagle on top. Bottles are full and were sealed with tax stamp, now broken.Provenance
Former Collection
Robert J. Franklin
Source
Dant Distillers Co.
