An antique "White Horse".How old is this bottle?

Aug 15, 2006 1 Replies

Hi,



in the early ninties I got this bottle from a friend (see detailed photos, clicking the links).



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(Hope the URL's will work - if not, I'll try again with imageshack)



After the dead of his old boss, followed by liquidation of the company, my friend found some of these bottles during cleanup efforts in the wine-cellar (the company was not a small one and the boss an old-fashioned german business men who came to wealth in the 50ies&60ies, in the time called "Wirtschafstwunder"- he had his wine-cellar in his company, to serve business partners). I got one of these bottles as a gift.



The boss orderd these bottles perhaps in the 60ies, probably earlier. They were forgotten in a dark part of the mentioned cellar.



The brand is "White horse" and there is a metal clamp/spring cap (?) on it. The bottle is still filled with the original whisky. On the front label there is a Nr. on it: 2702854 (Could it be a _unique_ Number really?)



Would be nice, if I would get some informations about the age of this bottle. Would I get a good price for it? Is the whisky still drinkable?



Thx in advance,



Hans.


P.S.: Sorry, my mailadress will not be checked regularly, so please answer just in here.


Can't answer your question exactly, but White Horse is a respected blend, especially earlier versions of it, which were famous for having a large proportion of Lagavulin in the blend.

This thread from a few years ago

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has a bit of information and talks about auction prices for White Horse from the 1930s and '40s. It was going for several hundred British pounds a bottle.

Going by the posts at that link, I'd say a visit to Christies auctioneers might be in order. If they have a catalogue online, it might have what you're looking for.

bill

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