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Private Old Stock whiskey - 1/15/2007 3:25:09 PM    motorsicklemorris   Posts: 17 Joined: 1/13/2007 From: Iowa Status: offline Im woundering how old this bottle is . Its got a 257 embossed on the bottom of it the seam on the side gets very faint on the neck on the neck ,its got a corck glass combination stopper . Thanks. Morris Attachment (1) _____________________________ Morris Jorgensen --- Weathervaneman Here for a short time ,,,,, gone for a long long time. Post #: 1

RE: Private Old Stock whiskey - 1/15/2007 3:27:06 PM    motorsicklemorris   Posts: 17 Joined: 1/13/2007 From: Iowa Status: offline Here's another pic. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Morris Jorgensen --- Weathervaneman Here for a short time ,,,,, gone for a long long time. (in reply to motorsicklemorris) Post #: 2

RE: Private Old Stock whiskey - 1/15/2007 3:31:24 PM    motorsicklemorris   Posts: 17 Joined: 1/13/2007 From: Iowa Status: offline Here's one more pic , the bottle has lots of little  air bubbles . Thanks , Morris Attachment (1) _____________________________ Morris Jorgensen --- Weathervaneman Here for a short time ,,,,, gone for a long long time. (in reply to motorsicklemorris) Post #: 3

RE: Private Old Stock whiskey - 1/16/2007 10:51:01 AM    cobaltbot Posts: 1688 Joined: 4/7/2006 From: Delta, PA Status: offline Looks definitely TOC or earlier based on the neck seam.  If you could research when the brand was put out you could probably narrow it down a little.   Good bottle since it still has the lable. _____________________________ My tombstone will read: He went out for a walk and never came back.... (in reply to motorsicklemorris) Post #: 4

RE: Private Old Stock whiskey - 6/13/2007 3:15:03 PM    cowseatmaize Posts: 2135 Joined: 12/2/2004 From: Metro West, MA Status: offline I think this is it, 1889-1913. Very nice with the label and the stamp matches so you know it's the right top. Oh, and BTW, Happy Birthday _____________________________ My 10¢ worth (inflation) Eric If you love what your doing it might be illegal, so watch your back. (in reply to cobaltbot) Post #: 5

RE: Private Old Stock whiskey - 6/13/2007 4:18:32 PM    lobeycat Posts: 3776 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline Nice item Morris! 1880's-90's considering it's complete and has a different neck style, i'd value it $15-$20. Rick. (in reply to cowseatmaize) Post #: 6

RE: Private Old Stock whiskey - 6/13/2007 4:32:05 PM    cowseatmaize Posts: 2135 Joined: 12/2/2004 From: Metro West, MA Status: offline Oops, forgot the link. http://www.pre-pro.com/midacore/view_glass.php?sid=TGM1051 _____________________________ My 10¢ worth (inflation) Eric If you love what your doing it might be illegal, so watch your back. (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 7

RE: Private Old Stock whiskey - 6/13/2007 10:12:27 PM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline  Hate to be a stick in the mud here, but I see two different kinds of glass (clear and oxidized) on the same bottle.  May just be my computer. _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to cowseatmaize) Post #: 8

RE: Private Old Stock whiskey - 6/14/2007 5:31:26 AM    cowseatmaize Posts: 2135 Joined: 12/2/2004 From: Metro West, MA Status: offline Good eye Rick. Is it coincidental interior stain or a glued on neck? Huh? _____________________________ My 10¢ worth (inflation) Eric If you love what your doing it might be illegal, so watch your back. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 9

RE: Private Old Stock whiskey - 6/14/2007 8:59:02 AM    lobeycat Posts: 3776 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline Glued on whaaaaa? I see one kind of glass with partial interior staining. Lobes. (in reply to cowseatmaize) Post #: 10

RE: Private Old Stock whiskey - 6/14/2007 2:06:24 PM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Ok Lobe, Assuming that this bottle is stained below the neck, we'll move on to the label.  I cannot get any details from the label on my computer.  Tried to magnify , but that didn't work.  Just seems like there ought to be more info on the label.  Morris, is there any way to get a close-up of that label?  There were two companies that produced their version of "Old Private Stock" whiskey. _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 11

RE: Private Old Stock whiskey - 6/14/2007 3:25:37 PM    lobeycat Posts: 3776 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline I know of several distillaries that used the term Old Private Stock. It's pretty much a generic term used and shared throught the industry. Concerning the label...often a label as plain as this one was used. Like when a super market puts capers in a jar and puts it's own label on them. Rich. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 12

RE: Private Old Stock whiskey - 6/15/2007 9:30:27 PM    motorsicklemorris   Posts: 17 Joined: 1/13/2007 From: Iowa Status: offline Hey guys My camera is not acting the way I like it to , but when it starts working again I'll post more pictures of the bottle , I found the bottle in a wall of an old house I worked on once , Ive been asking around town when the house was built , I should know in a day or two, The picture I have posted is about as good as it gets , it's a pretty generic lable Later , Morris  _____________________________ Morris Jorgensen --- Weathervaneman Here for a short time ,,,,, gone for a long long time. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 13

RE: Private Old Stock whiskey - 6/18/2007 1:15:14 PM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Morris, Is this a half pint? There was a Crigler & Crigler Distillery in Covington Kentucky that was was listed on the Hepburn Dolliver Bill in 1904 as an example of distilleries using different means of spreading alcohol across states lines.  One of the exibits on this bill lists a novelty book that contained a half pint of Woodland Old Private Stock whiskey disguised inside a fake book. This was included in a club package if ordered before Jan 1.  This may explain the plain label.  Not tracable back to the distillery. I thought that this was interesting.  Apparently the distilleries were taking a lot of heat by the toc Temperance Movement. This whiskey was "Woodland" from the Crigler & Crigler Distillery" .  Of course there were other Old Private Stock whiskeys. And unless someone has the novelty box and bottle, we may never know. _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to motorsicklemorris) Post #: 14

RE: Private Old Stock whiskey - 6/18/2007 2:01:55 PM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline quote: This whiskey was "Woodland" from the Crigler & Crigler Distillery" . Of course there were other Old Private Stock whiskeys. And unless someone has the novelty box and bottle, we may never know. i have the grigler&grigler with the full label my camera is dead so ill post a pic when i can _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer (in reply to logueb) Post #: 15

RE: Private Old Stock whiskey - 6/18/2007 2:22:53 PM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Hey Spence, Did you get a chance to check out that Hepburn- Dolliver Bill on the web?  Man, there's some great history in that bill about the sell of alcohol at that time in history. _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to bottlenutboy) Post #: 16

RE: Private Old Stock whiskey - 6/18/2007 2:27:24 PM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline no i havent seen that... got a link? _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer (in reply to logueb) Post #: 17

RE: Private Old Stock whiskey - 6/18/2007 2:36:21 PM    motorsicklemorris   Posts: 17 Joined: 1/13/2007 From: Iowa Status: offline Buster Yes it's a half pint bottle. Whats your web sight ? _____________________________ Morris Jorgensen --- Weathervaneman Here for a short time ,,,,, gone for a long long time. (in reply to bottlenutboy) Post #: 18

RE: Private Old Stock whiskey - 6/19/2007 8:49:08 AM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline The fastest way that I can locate it is by typing  "Hepburn Dolliver Bill" in google search.  Then look for the "HEPBURN DOLLIVER BILL: FULL HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY OF THE HOUSE. site. From what I have read so far the Crigler & Crigler Distillery was bypassing the current law by shipping to Express Offices and individuals and also  for distribution by individuals rather than Merchants.  The law allowed individuals to import alcohol for their own consumption. Also note in the letter to the agents selling the package deals , that they were to sell to individuals rather than merchants. Merchants were subject to seizure under the current law.  There is also a mention in one of the letters that the cartons would not be labeled to reveal the contents. It seems that the plain label 1/2 pint could possibly have been one of these bottles packaged in the novelty box. _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to motorsicklemorris) Post #: 19

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