Vintage American Glass Liquor Decanter Bottle with Stopper – Federal Law Forbids

That wording helps identify it more clearly. “Federal Law Forbids Re-Use of This Bottle” is a marking found on American liquor bottles, mainly from the 1930s to 1960s, introduced after Prohibition to prevent bottles being illegally refilled and resold.

So this is best described as a vintage American liquor decanter bottle, likely mid-20th century, rather than a general decorative decanter.

28 cm tall

12 cm at base

Displayed with other bottles illustration only for sale separately

A characterful vintage American glass liquor decanter bottle, with its original glass stopper and cork seal. The base is moulded with the wording “Federal Law Forbids Re-Use of This Bottle,” a mark commonly found on American spirits bottles produced during the mid-20th century.

This wording dates the bottle to the period when US liquor bottles were legally marked to prevent them being refilled and reused for illicit alcohol sales. It gives the piece lovely social-history interest, linking it to post-Prohibition alcohol regulation, commercial bottling and old bar culture.

The bottle has a pleasing triangular flattened body, rounded shoulders and a moulded glass stopper with faceted detail. It would make a wonderful decorative piece for a drinks cabinet, home bar, kitchen dresser, apothecary-style shelf, theatre prop or vintage display.

The bottle shows signs of age and use, including interior clouding/residue, light surface marks and wear to the cork stopper. The stopper sits in place, but this is sold as a decorative vintage bottle rather than as a guaranteed usable or watertight decanter.

Use:

Originally a liquor or spirits bottle. Today ideal as a decorative bar bottle, display decanter, prop, or collectible piece of mid-century American glass and alcohol history.

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All antique and vintage items are sold as decorative collectables with signs of age, use and history; please study the photographs carefully as they form part of the description.