Western Whiskey

[CALDIGR2]

ORIGINAL: Lordbud

Those are some beautiful fifths and they look great with the window light...but windows aren't safe places in earthquake country.  Gotta love Western glass.

You are correct, of course, but I don't really live in "earthquake country". If we were in San Jo, they would definitely NOT be in the windows. When Loma Prieta rolled around, back in 1989, those same windows had several different colored Cundurango Bitters and green Cathedral pickles in them, and not a one moved. My wife said the chandeliers swung back and forth and water splashed from the pool, but the bottles stayed in place. None have ever been puttied down, either.

 

[casperwhiskey]

Damn I love whiskey

Thanks Lou!!!

 

[Lordbud]

I found a whiskey fifth, embossed Kuhls, Schwarke(spelling?) & Co S.F. with an embossed Log Cabin many years ago in San Francisco. It had a lip chip, and a crack in the base, clear glass. As part of a two-way trade (knowing it was/is unlisted -- guess I got the short end of the deal) I ended up with a Mayfield Soda Works hutch as part of the trade. Anyone know who ended up with the Log Cabin Bourbon? As far as I know it is one of very few known...they likely still have it in their collection.

 

[casperwhiskey]

Hi Jason,
In the 1997 edition of Western Whiskey Bootles # 464 is listed in Barrnett's book. It is listed a clear and rare bottle in the 100 to 150 range. Today it would bring 350 to 400. I have never seen the bottle.
David

 

[CALDIGR2]

That Log Cabin fifth remains an extremely rare one. I have only seen one mint example in the collections I have seen. Who really knows how many could be out there?
Where are all the other known to have been trade marked, but yet to be seen whiskies? Old Signet, or what I've always referred to as "Old Figment" comes to mind. I know that I have never laid eyes on so much as a fragment of that elusive treasure.

 

[BittersMax]

To the best of my knowledge there is only ONE mint example of the Log Cabin whiskey bottle and two or three damaged ones. The good one was dug from a shallow dump in San Francisco about 30 years ago. The original finder sold it for 1500.00 about eight years back. It's a great looking bottle and one of the rarest Western picture 5ths.

 

[Lordbud]

Can't say "exactly" where I found the Log Cabin fifth, but a salamander had made the bottle his home - at least temporarily - the bottle was maybe a third exposed, embossing side down in the soil. I truly expected it to be a big Miller's Genuine when I first saw the glass in the ground. I gently "evicted" the salamander into the surrounding brush before taking my find back to the car. I need to go back and look for another example next time we check out the construction sites in the city.

 

[CALDIGR2]

Here's a local picture fifth. Nothing like the Log cabin, but a tad hard to come by in decent shape. Embossing reads Buffalo Old Bourbon/Buffalo motif/Geo E. Dierssen & Co/Sacramento/Cal. I posted another pic on the "Photographing" section.

 

[westernglassaddict]

Nice topic!
I have a red whittled fifth embossed" William Cline Wholesale, and Retail Grocer 949-951 Market St, San francisco".

I have not seen another, but believe there are a couple more out there. I tried to upload a photo, but was told the file is too large...now what?

 

[CALDIGR2]

I remember Ken Salazar diggin' one of the first Cline fifths a dozen, or so, years ago. It brought some good bucks at auction. Here's a better shot of the Buffalo. You'll have to go back and reduce the size of your file pic to get it loaded.