Lot 1192
Unusual Liquor Bottle Sporting President McKinley's Portrait. United States, c. 1898-1902. A large, antique spirits bottle, with a "make your own label" feature -- likely for the "home distillery!" Where the label would reside, the bottle has large rectangular depression, along with a curved glass cover. Applied to the cover is a printed (or perhaps an albumin print) sepia-toned bust of McKinley, against Old Glory, of which the latter appears to be partly printed and partly hand painted. The glass label was then glued to the bottle. Bottle pristine, the label very fine plus, with a few spots of deterioration. Comes with a contemporary, but not belonging, aluminum cap/jigger. Height: 11". The bottle could either be celebrating the President as the victor in the Spanish-American War, or perhaps a memorial to him as a victim of assassination. Remarkable ephemera!
Estimated Value $300 - 400.
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| Realized $575 |
