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W & A GILBEY.........JAN/11/10

TRADE MARK PICTURING A HUGE DRAGON COMING UP OUT OF A CASTLE / W & A GILBEY (SCRIPT)     3 DOTS ON ENDENTED BASE.

HONEY AMBER OVAL SQUAT, INSIDE SCREW STOPPERED, 18 OZ., 6 1/2" OR 16 1/2 CM. HIGH X 4 7/8" OR 12 1/2 CM. WIDE. BASE DEPTH 3 3/4" TO 2 1/8" AT BASE OF NECK. VERY NEAT LOOKING BOTTLE.

WALTER & ALFRED GILBEY STARTED A RETAIL WINE MERCHANT OUTLET IN LONDON IN 1856. BUSINESS WAS SO GOOD THEY EXPANDED IN 1867 BY PURCHASING "THE PANTHEON", NOW THE SITE OF "MARKS & SPENCER". BUSINESS FLOURISHED, CAUSING MORE EXPANSIONS, AND IN 1872 THEY BEGAN DISTILLING GIN. AS THEIR BUSINESS CONTINUED TO GROW, THROUGHOUT THE U.K., THEY INCLUDED WHISKY,RHUM & VODKA IN THEIR DISTILLERIES.

THIS PARTICULAR BOTTLES' LAST CONTENTS? UNKNOWN.