White Horse Cellar blended Scotch whisky takes its name from the White Horse Inn on Edinburgh’s Canongate, a landmark dating to the sixteenth century that served as a staging post for travelers heading to London. The White Horse became one of Scotland’s most widely exported blended whiskies through the twentieth century, and this bottle carries that story on its glass: a painted white horse on the front, a small embossed horse on the shoulder, and a Glasgow export mark on the base.
The shoulder is embossed with the raised lettering FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS SALE OR RE-USE OF THIS BOTTLE, wording required on US liquor bottles between 1935 and 1964. The base is embossed EXPORTERS WHITE HORSE DISTILLERS LTD. GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.
Condition is good. Regular wear and minor surface scratches show across the glass and the painted horse, as you would expect from a bottle recovered from the shoreline. No chips or cracks.
Dimensions: 10.25" H × 4" W × 2.5" D | Amber glass | Good vintage condition | Painted white horse
The painted horse makes this one easy to place on a shelf. Use it on a bar cart with other amber bottles, as the anchor of a mid-century bar history display, or as a bud vase for dried pampas or other dried botanicals.
Recovered from New York City’s historic shorelines and landfill sites by Brooklyn Sea Glass. Ships carefully packed.
