The labeled 1895 square bottles
We all got a replica 1895 bottle in our collection, some of us have an original 1895 bottle but there some lucky collectors that have one with an original label still on it. Imagion back then, 1895, bottles where labeled with primatieve made labels. After the owner finished the whiskey they trow the empty bottle away. With a little water these labels are washed of pretty easy so you can imagion there aren't many of the labeled bottles from 100 y old still around. I did find a few samples of these bottles.
All these bottle belong to the private collection of D.Cauwels and his lovely wife. I had the privilege to look at his collection and take the pictures my self and hold this little piece of Jack Daniel's history in my own hand.
I want to thank Don and Diane for sharing this with all of us here on the Jack Daniel's Collectors page.
First green label cork finished quart bottle ( ? )
This next bottle has no embossement at the back of the bottle. The label has no Gold Medal awards on it, could this be a bottle from before 1904? This would mean one of the first labeled bottles ....
There was a second design for sale on EBay in 2006. I was hoping that the new owner would like to contact me and share some pictures of it with us here on the site...
(this bottle is a part of the D. Cauwels collection © )
1912 Belle of Lincoln quart bottle
(this bottle is a part of the D. Cauwels collection © )
Let's start with a bottle that is one of the more famous labeled bottles around, the Staight whiskey Belle of Lincoln bottle from 1912.. For more pictures please check out the next menu "1900 Miscellaneous". No circle embossed around the No.7.
One of the first labeled bottles. This one has 3 Gold Medals so I would dated it around 1913.
(this bottle is a part of the D. Cauwels collection © )
Here you see that the "No.7" has a circle embossed around it.
1906/1910 "Sour Mash" labeled bottle
My first labeled 1895 bottle in the collection. And what a nice bottle it is!
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The label reads "OLD SOUR MASH WHISKEY" in red letters outlined with gold. "DISTILLED FROM SELECT GRAIN AND IS ABSOLUTELY PURE" on a gold banner to the upper left. "JACK DANIEL" in the center. "BOTTLED UNDER THE PURE FOOD", "DRUGS ACT JUNE 30 1906" and "JACK DANIEL DISTILLER LYNCHBURG. TENN" at the bottom of the label and 4 gold medals at the right center.
The label is also outlined in a gold border that is 1/8'' diameter. |
The Tennessee Squire Association made a couple of replica labels from the early years of Jack Daniels. This label was one of the orginal labels used as one of them (6 different labels in total)
(Replica label)
It is 10 1/4'' tall or about 3/4'' shorter than the average quart and 3'' square at the body or 5/16'' narrower than the average quart.
(this bottle is a part of the D. Cauwels collection © )
Strange and rare Green label bottle with a porcelain pourer attached on the neck. There are 4 Gold Medals printed on the front label instead of the 5 we got now-a-days...
Pewter/porcelain pourer.
As you can see tru the glass 
an original "1895" bottle.
This green label has the four Gold medalsand is a cork finised quart size bottle.
(this bottle is a part of the D. Cauwels collection © )
10 years old Lincoln County Whiskey
This bottle is a little more famous, it's a Lincoln County whiskey bottle. Heavy embossed No.7 in a circle, Quart size bottle. For more pictures of this bottle please look at the other menu, the "1900 Miscellaneous" bottles.
Same kind of bottle as you just seen, olny this is a 21 years old Lincoln County whiskey. Very, very rare and full and saeled! Fore more pictures of this great bottle please look at that other menu called : the "1900 Miscellaneous" bottles.
(this bottle is a part of the D. Cauwels collection © )
The embossement of the "No.7", without the circle.
