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c1870's Saloon Back Bar Liquor Bottles with Etched Gilt Advertising San<br>Francisco Nestor Maryland Rye Gibson's Whiskey Pennsylvania<br>The Nestor Maryland Rye bottle was actually from a distillery named KOPPEL &<br>DWAN that operated in San Francisco, CA 1877-1878, it's extremely rare blown<br>bottle, it's not etched just gold gilding. They're both rare. Largest is 9 1/8",<br>other is 6.75". The Gibson's bottle is engraved with gilding in the engraving.<br>The facets are polished and it has a ground pontil. Originally, Gibson was a<br>producer of American, not Canadian, rye. John Gibson was a western Pennsylvania<br>distiller who started up in the 1830s, and by 1856, according to Canadian whisky<br>guru Davin de Kergommeaux, his operation spanned 40 acres alongside the<br>Monongahela. Once Prohibition rolled around, though, the distillery shut down<br>and was demolished. A New York company called Schenley Industries bought the<br>rights to the Gibson’s name and held onto them until 1972, when Schenley started<br>using it for Canadian whisky produced at a distillery it owned in Valleyfield,<br>Quebec.<br>No cracks or chips, or excessive wear to the bottles. They both have minor<br>mineral deposits in the bottom that I didn't attempt to clean.<br>I May split these up if you care to make a reasonable offer.<br>B22
