Whisky bottles and measures

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Title

Whisky bottles and measures

Subject

Highlands

Description

This glass bottle contains a fine whisky said to be almost 200 years old. The faded label reads "from Jas. Young, Family Grocer, Wine & Spirit Merchant, High St. Fort William". James Young died in 1894. The whisky was gifted to the museum by Young’s successor, Walter Cameron. The second object is a copper smuggler's measure. The measure has been holed by the dastardly Excise men so that it could not be used again. It was found under the old hotel at Invergarry and gifted to the museum in 1926.

Creator

Fort William (bottle) Glasgow (measure)

Source

objects,highlandlife

Date

19th century

Contributor

eulac3d

Language

English

Type

Physical Object

Identifier

99

Date Modified

24/12/2020

Extent

Bottle H 203 mm x W 102 mm measure H 140 mm x 89 mm

Medium

West Highland Museum

Spatial Coverage

find,56.81806632478971,-5.1109251379966745;

Europeana

Europeana Data Provider

West Highlands Museum

Europeana Type

TEXT

Physical Object Item Type Metadata

Prim Media

302

Material

glass, copper

Object Number

533

Citation

Fort William (bottle) Glasgow (measure), “Whisky bottles and measures,” West Highalnds Museum, accessed January 23, 2025, https://whm100.org/omeka/items/show/301.

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