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Tuesday, June 25, 2024

WM TEACHER & SONS Scotch Whiskety Bottle, Glascow, Scotland.

 


Embossed on shoulder: FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS RESALE OR RE-USE OF THIS BOTTLE.
On heal: BOTTLE MADE IN UNITED KINGDOM.
On bottom: WM TEAHER & SONS LTD.





This is not a really old bottle.  There are no bubbles in the glass.

A family-owned company until its takeover in 1976, William Teacher & Sons started out as a large chain of ‘dram shops’ in Glasgow before becoming a distiller and blender supplying whiskies worldwide...

In 1851 the company moved into the wholesale wine and spirits market, opening a warehouse in Argyll Street in Glasgow, and started creating bespoke blends to its customers’ individual requirements.

Teacher died in 1876, the same year his youngest daughter Agnes married Walter Bergius, bringing the other controlling family name into the company. In 1884, the company registered a brand name for its most popular whisky blend, Teacher’s Highland Cream, and also opened an office in London. A second office in Manchester followed in 1886. A year later, the company expanded its export markets and also began shipping mature barrels of whisky to Australia and back, believing the long sea voyage added complexity to the ‘Australian bonded’ brand. This practice continued until sea freight costs became prohibitively expensive in the 1920s...

Here is the link for more about that company.


If you can date it for me, let me know.

TreasureGuide@comcast.net

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