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Very Old Corn Whiskey

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Bottles & Insulators Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
Very Old Corn Whiskey
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250.00USDto p********n+ buyer's premium (45.00)
This item SOLD at 2016 Aug 07 @ 00:00UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Back bar, handled whiskey jug. Clear, 7 1/2" tall, 6" diameter plus top. "Very Old Corn" (whiskey). "From Casper-Winston, North Carolina. Lowest Price Whiskey House. Write for Private Terms". Professionally etched on obverse face. Reverse face blank. Bottom blank. Originally had a stopper. This exceptionally rare whiskey back bar may pre-date its two companions, the two different cobalt blue Casper whiskey bottles. Cecil Munsey, veteran FOHBC Board member, wrote "Casper's Whiskey, Made by Honest North Carolina People", now available on the internet (http://www.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/Munseycasperswhiskeyarticle.pdf) This wonderful article outlines Casper's history and discusses and shows many of the Casper products including this backbar bottle (Figure 22). The company was founded in 1861. After 1865, the founder's son, John C. Casper, a Confederate soldier, managed the distillery. Years later, came John C. Casper's son John L. Casper. Munsey stated he "was the family's marketing genius". With John L. came the beautiful bottles we know today. City: Casper-Winston State: North Carolina Inventory Number: 38930