Antique Old Velvet Whiskey Corked Brown Bottle Franklin Distillery Inc 1916 RARE

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Antique Old Velvet Whiskey Corked Brown Bottle Franklin Distillery Inc 1916 RARE:
$69.99

\"Antique Old Velvet Whiskey Brown Bottle\"
I am offering an empty Old Velvet whiskey bottle, bottled in bond by The Frankfort Distillery, Louisville, Kentucky. It is a one pint brown bottle that was corked. The cork is broken off in the top of the bottle. The labels are wornor partially missing, but I will give what info I can. The neck label is a green and cream background with red imprinting . The frontside says \"Bonded No. 470\"--\"Bottled Spring 1921\"--\"Made Spring 1916\"--\"Proof 100\". There is some other writing that is incomplete. The neck label on the back says \"Samuel A. H...\"--\"Distillery No....\"--\"One Pint\". There is also other writing that is incomplete. The glass itself has in raised print One Pint. The back label is worn. Some key statements are \"Produced 1916 BySamuel A. Hoffheimer Distillery No. 470, 5th Dist. KY for medicinal purposes only\"--\"This bottle has been filled and stamped under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved March 3, 1897\". The label goes on to speak of fines imposed. The front label carries the Swastika Trademark which was the trademark of The Frankfort Distillerywhich was established in 1902. It ceased operation in 1916. The whiskey must have been bottled after operations ceased. Following is somehistory acquired from the internet. I believe this is quite a rare old bottle.

Frankfort Distillery Inc. was established in 1902. The distillery (RD #33, 7th District) was located 4 miles SE of Frankfort.When Prohibition was enacted in 1920, the company was one of only six granted a permit to sell spirits for medicinal purposes. In 1922, the company was acquired by Paul Jones & Co., who assumed the Frankfort Distilleries Inc. name to retain the license to sell whiskey under the \"Four Roses\" and \"Antqiue\" brand names, among many others. Their office was located in Louisville (118 E Main St).By 1928, stocks of pre-Prohibition whiskey had dwindled and the company contracted the Louisville-based A Ph. Stizel distillery to supply them with spirits.When Prohibition was repealed in 1933, Frankfort Distilleries Inc. took over the old Stitzel plant and built a new one (Four Roses) in Shively. By the late 1940\'s, the distilleries and brands had been taken over by Seagrams.

The company used the brand names:
\"Baker\", \"Baker Bourbon\", \"Baker Rye\", \"Coronet\", \"Elkhorn Mills\", \"Gallant Knight\", \"Kerry Patch\", \"Old Chief\", \"Old Crow\", \"Old Velvet\", \"Old Woodpecker\", \"Paul Jones\", \"Paul Jones Monongahela Rye\", \"Shandon Bells\", \"Swastika\", and \"Victoria.\"

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