'Nip" Liquor Bottle

Details

Descriptive Terms

bottles
glass (material)
Bottle

Inscription

Neck: "BOTTLED IN BOND / PRODUCED BY / BLUE RIBBON / DISTILLERIES C / U.S. GOVERNMENT ININT. / LESS / THAN / 1/2 PINT" "PROOF / 100" Front: "BOTTLED IN BOND / UNDER U.S. GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION / GRAND PRIZE ST. LOUIS 1904 / GOLD MEDAL / NEW ORLEANS, LA 1885 / EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE PARIS, 1900 / WORLDS FAIR CHICAGO, 1893 / I.W. HARPER / REG. U.S. 898.08 / KENTUCKY / STRAIGHT BOURBON / WHISKEY / BOTTLED BY / BERNHEIM DISTILLING COMPANY Inc. / AK 4758 01 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY 95-45)" Back: "I.W. HARPER / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. / In making I.W. Harper cost is no object. The makers' / ideal that controls every drop is: Make it as fine as whiskey / can be made -- regardless of cost. I.W. Harper has been / awarded the grand prize at many great expositions. / DISTILLED BY BLUE RIBBON DISTILLERIES, CO. / Louisville, Kentucky, at Reg. Dist. No. 1 / OF BERNHEIM DISTILLING COMPANY, INC. / Bottled at I. R. B. W. No. 71, Kentucky / CATION NOTICE. This bottle has been filled and / stamped under the provisions of Sections 2903-9 inclusive, / Internal Revenue Code. Any person who shall reuse the / stamp affixed to this bottle or remove the contents of this / bottle without so destroying the stamp affixed thereto as to / prevent reuse, or shall sell this bottle, or reuse it for dis- / tilled spirits, will be liable to the penalties prescribed by law. / STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY / 100 PROOF / 1/10 PINT / THIS WHISKEY IS 7 1/2 YEARS OLD / DISTILLED IN KENTUCKY" (Paper labels)

Additional Identification Number

3322

Maker

Bernheim Distilling Company, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Louisville, KY (origin); Ipswich, MA (use)

Dimensions

4 5/8 (H), 1 3/8 (diameter) (inches)

Accession Number

2008.11.3.1

Related Items

Title 10 Accession Number 2008.11.1