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"Nip" Liquor Bottle

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1942

GUSN

GUSN-103600

Description

"Nip" liquor bottle. Green molded glass with rectangular shaped body and short tapered neck, metal flip cap, red and white paper stamp over cap, and paper label with black and gold lettering on cream background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bottles
glass (material)
Vessel
Bottle
Bottle

Inscription

Cap: "LEISCHMANN DISTILLING CORP. / NEW YORK, N.Y./ U.S. INTER. REV. / DISTILLED SPIRITS / LESS THAN / 1/2 PINT" Front: "PRODUCT OF SCOTLAND / 1/8 PINT 86.8 PROOF / BY APPOINTMENT / SCOTCH WHISKY DISTILLERS / TO H.M. THE KING / "BLACK & WHITE" / DE LUXE / RED. U.S. PAT. OFF. / Finest Liqueur / Blended Scotch Whisky / 100% SCOTCH WHISKIES / BLENDED AND BOTTLED BY / James Buchannan & Co. / Limited / SCOTCH WHISKY DISTILLERS / GLASGOW, SCOTLAND / Sole Distributors for U.S.A. / The Fleischmann Distilling Corporation, New York." "DISTILLED IN SCOTLAND / AND BOTTLED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM / UNDER GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION" (Paper labels)

Additional Identification Number

3328

Maker

James Buchanan & Co., Limited (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Glasgow, Scotland (origin); Ipswich, MA (use)

Dimensions

4 1/2 x 2 x 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. John B. Little

Accession Number

2008.11.3.7

Date

1942 (circa)

Related Items

Title 10 Accession Number 2008.11.1

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