$2,214
EH Taylor OFC "A Perfect Whiskey" Kentucky u: bottom shoulder, official bottling, 3-part molded glass, c. 1880, wax capsule mostly worn away, small chip in top, damage to cork, bottle reads "Not a purer or better article of Whiskey made in the world," AM Swope, Collector of Internal Revenue, 7th District KY, no volume or ABV stated Note: Hon. Armstead M. Swope (1844-1889) was appointed Internal Revenue Collector of the Seventeenth District of Kentucky in 1877 and held the position until his resignation dated February 25, 1884 and made effective March 31 of that year. Swope was stabbed to death by a political rival, William Casseus Goodloe, on November 8, 1889, shooting his assailant in the process, who later died of his wounds. 1 bottle
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-10-20
