Brown Embossed Spider, Web and Fly. Spiritus Frumenti. Spirit of Grain. Diamond Glass Company Bottle. Frankfort Distillery Whiskey Bottle.

 

Brown Bottle With Embossed Wheat and Spider and Web.

This is a whiskey bottle I think might be from the Frankfort (KY) Distillery


This bottle is extensively embossed with a spider web, fly and wheat.

From what I've found, it appears to be a Prohibition era medicinal whiskey bottle. Six distilleries were authorized during the prohibition to make medicinal alcohol. “Spiritus Frumenti” is Latin for “Spirit of the Grain,” which was a generic name for medicinal whiskey during the Prohibition. Spiritus Frumenti was produced by the George T. Stagg Distillery and some other distilleries throughout the 1920s creating many iterations of Spiritus Frumenti.

At first, I thought the diamond on the bottom of the bottle indicated the Diamond Glass Co., but there are some other possibilities.

Diamond Makers Mark on Bottom.

Diamond.pdf (sha.org) provides the following information and much more.

In 1904, the plant made “prescription, liquor and proprietary ware and milk jars” with the same equipment...

Although the Diamond Glass Co. of Royersford, Pennsylvania, was long-lived (1886 1990), its market area seems to have been mostly restricted to eastern Pennsylvania and the surrounding states. Its main manufacturer’s mark was a diamond embossed on bottle bases with some variation...

I found the picture (below) of a similar bottle with a different top and the label still attached.

Below is a closeup of that label.

If you can provide any additional detail, please do.