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"Nip" Liquor Bottle

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1942

GUSN

GUSN-103603

Description

"Nip" liquor bottle. Brown molded glass with rectangular shaped body and short tapered neck, remnants of a red and white paper stamps at neck, paper label with black and red lettering on cream background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bottles
glass (material)
Vessel
Bottle
Bottle

Inscription

Neck: "LESS THAN / 1/2 PINT / U.S. INTER. RE / TAX PA" Front: "HEUBLEIN'S / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. / THE CLUB / OLD FASHIONED / WHISKEY / COCKTAILS / THE DISTILLED SPIRITS IN THIS COCKTAIL IS BLENDED WHISKEY / 80 PROOF / MADE AND BOTTLED BY / G.F. Heublein & Bros. / HARTFORD, CONN. / ADD NOTHING BY ICE" [molded into glass front and back]: "1/10 PINT" (Labels, molded)

Additional Identification Number

3331

Maker

G.F. Heublein & Bro.

Location of Origin

Hartford, CT (origin): Ipswich, MA (use)

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. John B. Little

Accession Number

2008.11.3.10

Date

1942 (circa)

Related Items

Title 10 Accession Number 2008.11.1

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