Antique Late 1800s MAMMOTH CAVE WHISKEY Glass Bottle Pre Pro 1/2 Pint Kentucky

Description

For your consideration
Original late 1800s Mammoth Cave Whiskey bottle empty
With cork
Back label missing
Wear / chip on top lip edge
Selling in found condition as is rare
*** Selling a collection of STITZEL WELLER DISTILLERY, other Kentucky bourbon some Pre Pro ... bottles, glassware, promotional and display items so check other listings if interested ***
Measures approximately
6 1/8” tall
2 3/4” wide
Dollar bill in photo for size reference
Will be shipped insured and if requested w/ delivery confirmation
Review pictures for condition and message with any questions
... Mammoth Cave is a bourbon brand with a storied history. This was distilled all the way back in 1895 at what was then called the Old Times, registered distillery number 1 in the 5th district of Kentucky. The Old Times distillery, built in 1869 changed hands several times over the years, and was eventually sold off two years after this was distilled, and renamed Willow Creek. A new Old Times was built across the street, and by 1901 had been renamed Number One distillery. This was bottled in bond there in 1914. The distillery was one of the hundreds that did not survive the Prohibition era, when the production and sale of alcohol was made illegal in the US, and closed its doors for good in 1920.
One such Rectifier was the W.L Weller and Sons company who, following the success of the Bottled in Bond Act eventually turned to the business of legitimate distilling. They would go on to purchase the Mammoth Cave brand at the onset of Prohibition, and bottled it as a medicinal product (a legal loophole that permitted whiskey sales during Prohibition, by a select few licensees), using whiskey procured from the A.Ph. Stitzel distillery, an important relationship that would lead to the creation of the legendary Stitzel-Weller in 1935.
Most examples of Mammoth Cave still in existence today are from this later W.L Weller period, and this pre-prohibition bottling from the Old Times distillery is an incredible artefact from the history of American whiskey.