So I was at an Antique Fair with the wife this morning - and was looking for old whiskey memorabilia... Picked up a few old Michter's and Henry McKenna jugs - but then I saw the bottle below.
The text says:
W.L. WELLER & SONS
DISTILLERS
LOUISVILLE, KY
Having visited a lot of antique shops, fairs, etc. I know which whiskey bottles are fairly common, but I had never seen a Weller bottle, so I did a little searching on the web and couldn't find anything... so bought it for $5.
I've done a little digging on antique bottles and as far as I can tell, its dated between 1905 and 1933, based on the make of the glass - I've also found, thanks to Mr. Veach, that WL Weller & Sons leased the Stitzel distillery in 1912 so they could say they were distillers. So I'm guessing that this is from the period from just before Prohibition, unless of course this is some kind of old style decanter bottle that was released in the 70's or something...
Does anyone have any info on this bottle??