Pre- 1900 Jonnie Walker Bottle

[DrewConyers]

I recently found this bottle while diving on an old dump site. It resembles what I believe is called a case gin bottle, however it is smaller and on the bottom it reads "John Walker & Sons Kilmarnock" I know that it is an old Jonnie Walker bottle and am guessing it could be as old as 1870's but was hoping someone more knowledgeable might know better and what it could be worth/rarity.

 

[DrewConyers]

Here is a photo of the bottom.

 

[epackage]

I don't think they're worth more than a $1-2, but sometimes people pay more than that on Ebay, I will NEVER UNDERSTAND WHY... Welcome to the forum... Jim

http://www.ebay.com/dsc/Bottles-Insulators-/29797/i.html?_sadis=200&_ipg=200&LH_SALE_CURRENCY=0&LH_TitleDesc=1&_sticky=1&_from=R40&_sc=1&_ftrt=901&_ftrv=1&_adv=1&_sop=10&_trkparms=65%253A3%257C66%253A4%257C39%253A1&LH_Complete=1&_dmd=1&_nkw=Kilmarnock&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0&_odkw=nj+-wheaton+-oil+-milk+-hinds+-wheaton+-oil+-milk+-hinds&_osacat=29797

 

[DrewConyers]

Thanks for the info! A little dissapointed, but I still really like it either way! Guess i have to keep hunting!

 

[botlguy]

Definitely minimal value, collector wise, but nice find anyway. If you like it, that's the main thing. Jim.

 

[TROG]

As mentioned these bottles are very common and we generally leave them on the dump here in Australia and have probably found a hundred or so myself.

 

[imukdiver]

I don't think your bottle is that old. It looks exactly like the walker whiskey bottles I have gotten off of a sunken rum runner of New York. If it is that old, then they haven't changed the design in like 50 years. my guess is it is from the 1920s.

 

[TROG]

I would have thought around 1900 and the bottle still to this day has changed very little in shape with the main difference being a screw cap

ORIGINAL: imukdiver

I don't think your bottle is that old. It looks exactly like the walker whiskey bottles I have gotten off of a sunken rum runner of New York. If it is that old, then they haven't changed the design in like 50 years. my guess is it is from the 1920s.

 

[thewumpus99]

I think it's older than that. The name changed from "Walker's Kilmarnock" to "Johnnie Walker" in 1908, so I think this is presumably pre-1908 at least. Also, I've got one from circa 1900-1905, and it has a lot more information printed on the bottom, and yours looks more primitive, so I'd estimate pre-1900 on the one in the photo.

 

[glass man]

ORIGINAL: DrewConyers

Here is a photo of the bottom.

COOL FAR OUT PSYCHEDELIC COLORS MAN..GO JOHNNY GO!WELCOME TO THE FORUM BROTHER!! That top looks older then the 1920's to me..I would say in the ten dollar range..just cause I like the colors on the bottom!!JAMIE