Sold for A$20
Old Irish Whisky / Trade (Crown within shield) Mark / Mitchell & Co / of Belfast Ltd // Imperial Quart. Base Mark: 7012. Original labels in place. Neck: Imperial Quart / Proof Strength. Front label: Mitchell's / (Crown) / Old Irish / Whisky / Ent Sta. Hall / Trade (M&CoLd monogram) Mark / Belfast. Rear label: Largely illegible, seems to be a certificate of quality of some sort. Spirits Whisky Applied top. Ovoid flask shape. Aqua. Quart. 286 mm. 1880s
Near Mint. Very dirty still, as has been found under a house with labels, the owner did not want to ruin the labels, so left the bottle in as found state. Has internal residue staining which should come out, plenty of grime and dirt externally which will clean off, carefully of course. There are some scratches externally. A shallow surface bubble in left side. The rear label is faded and torn, about 50% of the wording is readable. The neck label is perfect. The front label is complete, the bottom part has a tear nearly all the way across, this looks to have been reglued to stop the loose part flapping around. An amazing bottle in this original condition! Grade: 9.3 Estimate: $20 - 30
