"MOUNT VERNON PURE RYE WHISKEY" GLASS BOTTLE PAPERWEIGHT.
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Auction #208 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1277 in auction 208
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Item Description
1.5x1.5x3" tall solid amber glass paperweight in the shape of a whiskey bottle has raised "Mount Vernon Pure Rye Whiskey - Bottled At The Distillery - Purity Guaranteed By Hannis Distlg. Co." text. The Hannis Distilling Co. of Philadelphia, PA. built their Mount Vernon Distillery (getting its name from the whiskey distillery George Washington ran at Mount Vernon during his lifetime) in Baltimore County, MD. c. 1858, growing in size and production into the 1900s. This paperweight is c. 1900-1910 and Exc.
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