Identification Help

[buenaventura]

This bottle is in the shape of a man and it has a Maine State Liquor Commission stamp/sticker on it, and a seal was broken as well. Do y'all have any idea what brand of liquor this bottle would've been used for, and also what the general time period, too?

I've attached some images, thanks!

 

[CanadianBottles]

I've seen these before but not sure what was in them. It should date to the 60s, probably 1968 or maybe 1961.

 

[Dogo]

It is a Hiram Ricker gin. It is a copy of the original Poland Springs water bottle and comes in several sizes and colors. The Federal Law embossing dates it between the repeal of prohibition in the early 1930s (I think it was 1933) and 1963 when that label was no longer required.

 

[CanadianBottles]

It is a Hiram Ricker gin. It is a copy of the original Poland Springs water bottle and comes in several sizes and colors. The Federal Law embossing dates it between the repeal of prohibition in the early 1930s (I think it was 1933) and 1963 when that label was no longer required.

Keep in mind that 1963 isn't the hard end for when that embossing was used. They probably stopped making new molds with that wording entirely in 1963, but few companies would have cared enough to immediately go out and have a new mold made just for the sake of getting rid of the old required embossing. I think I remember reading that it was still showing up on some bottles well into the 70s because companies were still using the pre-1963 molds.

 

[buenaventura]

It is a Hiram Ricker gin. It is a copy of the original Poland Springs water bottle and comes in several sizes and colors. The Federal Law embossing dates it between the repeal of prohibition in the early 1930s (I think it was 1933) and 1963 when that label was no longer required.

Thank you!

 

[buenaventura]

Keep in mind that 1963 isn't the hard end for when that embossing was used. They probably stopped making new molds with that wording entirely in 1963, but few companies would have cared enough to immediately go out and have a new mold made just for the sake of getting rid of the old required embossing. I think I remember reading that it was still showing up on some bottles well into the 70s because companies were still using the pre-1963 molds.

That makes sense! Thanks

 

[Toma777]

It is a Hiram Ricker gin. It is a copy of the original Poland Springs water bottle and comes in several sizes and colors. The Federal Law embossing dates it between the repeal of prohibition in the early 1930s (I think it was 1933) and 1963 when that label was no longer required.

I was wondering about that. I've been looking at this bottle that the seller claims was from 1933-1935:
(The seller might have other information on it)