A medicinal bottle filled with whiskey, ca. 1920s. The front label indicates that the medicinal liquor was created under the regulation of a distilling company named American Medicinal Spirits (AMS), and H. Kraver with a reference to Prohibition era approved manufacture. The company was created by the Wathen family and was based in Kentucky. The family later sold AMS to the National Distillers in 1929. Other information on the front label includes the distillery and warehouse permit identifications, alcoholic content which is at 100 proof, along with stern warnings of legal ramifications, if the medicinal whiskey is misused. On the neck of the bottle is a stamp or seal which has been broken. There is another label with heavy abrasion damage on the back of the bottle, with the letters "AM" the other letter is rubbed out, most likely containing the initials of AMS distillery. Overall the bottle is in fair condition with heavy grime to the glass, heavy rust to the metal cap, and abrasion damage to the labels.
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Bottle
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Vessel
Nomenclature Class
Containers
Nomenclature Category
Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects