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| Embossed: JOHN & ROBT HARVEY CO LTD GLASCOW SCOTLAND |
The bottle is olive green although the photos do not show the true color well.
John & Robert Harvey was an old, if not the oldest, whisky business in Glasgow, and dated back to 1770.
Like many in the industry the firm suffered badly in the wake of the Pattison crash that began in December 1898, and approached DCL with a view to a merger. The timing wasn’t right for the DCL, but in 1902, attracted by Harvey’s blending and exporting potential, the company – along with its closed Dundashill distillery – were acquired. Harvey’s became a fully owned subsidiary, although Dundashill was permanently closed in view of the DCL’s concerns around over-production at that time.
Yet by the early 1980s John & Robert Harvey was still listed as licensee of Aultmore distillery near Keith, and with a Glasgow HQ which it shared with Bulloch Lade and John Begg, among others.
Source: Harvey's Special | Scotch Whisky
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| John & Robert Harvey Embossed Whiskey Bottle. |
On the shoulder of the bottle is the Federal Law Forbids Sale or Reuse of This Bottle embossing, which was used from 1935 to 1964.
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| Bottom of the Same Bottle. |
You can see the UGB makers mark on the bottle.
- U G B ……………………………… United Glass Bottle Manufacturers, Limited (large conglomerate of many glass factories in the United Kingdom). This mark dates from 1913 to about 1968 and is found on the bases of innumerable bottles of many styles and sizes that were made in Great Britain. UGB included glass factories located at Ravenhead, St. Helens; Sherdley, St. Helens; Portobello, Scotland; Charlton, London; Shettleston, Scotland; Castleford, Yorkshire; Harlow, Essex; New Cross, London; Brimsdown, London; Kinghorn, Scotland; Alloa, Scotland and Peasely, St. Helens. The history is confusing and some factory locations operated for a very long time but others were relatively short-lived.
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