Whiskey Bottle, 1859-1870
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Abraham Bininger established a grocery business in New York City in the late 1700s. Family descendants carried on the trade into the late 1800s, selling alcoholic spirits in bottles with a variety of shapes. The bottles were often embossed with Bininger's name and description of the contents. Other bottles, like this one, sported printed labels.
Abraham Bininger established a grocery business in New York City in the late 1700s. Family descendants carried on the trade into the late 1800s, selling alcoholic spirits in bottles with a variety of shapes. The bottles were often embossed with Bininger's name and description of the contents. Other bottles, like this one, sported printed labels.
Artifact
Whiskey jug
Date Made
1859-1870
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, New York, New York
Creator Notes
Label created by lithographers Sarony, Major & Knapp for whiskey distributor A. M. Bininger. Maker of the bottle is unknown, but likely from a New York glass house.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
00.4.5607
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Glass (Material)
Blown glass
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Amber (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 8.5 in
Width: 3 in
Length: 6 in
Inscriptions
obverse, paper label: Bininger's Pioneer Bourbon A.M. Bininger & Co. Established 1778 19 Broad St. Sarony Major & Knapp LAFD 449 Broadway N.Y. Entered according to an Act of Congress in the Year 1859 by Rufus Watles and L.C. Sauger . . .
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