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Antique James Pepper Distillery Whisky Advertising Pocket Watch Fob Late 1890's
$ 118.8
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Rare Antique James Pepper Distillery Whisky Advertising Pocket Watch Fob Late 1890's early 1900'sHas 1780 on the front of the Litho celluloid panel. Back is marked " Jas E. Pepper Whisky Lexington KY" and " Born with the Republic"
Made by SCHWAAB in Milwaukee
Scale in photo is in cm's
In addition to the scale it is approx 1 3/4 inches tall.
Silver in color...Slightly magnetic
James E. Pepper (May 10, 1850 – 1906), Master Distiller and
Kentucky Colonel
, was a bourbon industrialist and flamboyant promoter of his family brand. He was the third generation to produce "Old Pepper" whisky, "The Oldest and Best Brand of Whisky made in Kentucky", founded in 1780 during the American Revolution. He claimed that his distillery, the Old Pepper Distillery in
Lexington, Kentucky
, was the oldest in the United States and the largest in the world, and that it made the best whiskey in the United States