Bidspirit auction | Collection of Antique and Vintage

Collection of Antique and Vintage Kentucky Whiskey and Medicinal Glass Bottles 2.5”X7” - This assortment features several antique and vintage glass bottles primarily associated with the whiskey and medicinal trades of Louisville and Bardstown, Kentucky. The group includes various forms such as flasks and rectangular pharmaceutical shapes manufactured from aqua, amber, clear, and sun-colored amethyst tinted glass. A notable piece is a clear glass half-pint flask retaining a distressed paper label for Clear Corn Kentucky Corn Whiskey, produced by The Willett Distilling Company of Bardstown, Nelson County. Embossed examples include a rectangular amber bottle marked Wintersmith Louisville, KY, a clear rectangular distillery bottle embossed S. Grabfelder and Co. Distillers Louisville, KY, and a sun-colored amethyst bottle with an embossed Bonnie Bros. Louisville, KY logo. Also included are bottles embossed John J. Smith Louisville, KY and a plain aqua glass flask. The manufacturing characteristics, such as tooled finishes and molded details, are consistent with glass production from the late 19th century through the mid-20th century.