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Usher's Old Vatted Glenlivet-Late 19th Century

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10 December 2014, 11:00 GMT
Edinburgh

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Usher's Old Vatted Glenlivet-Late 19th Century
Lead capsule embossed "OVG" on top, "Ushers Old Vatted Glenlivet, Registered, Andrew Usher & Co., Edinburgh" around neck.
Driven cork. Three piece moulded bottle. Unlabelled. Level: top shoulder. Blended.
1 bottle

Footnotes

The 'Firth of Cromarty' was bound for Sydney with 2250 tons of whisky, beer, iron, crockery, haberdashery and preserves.

On 26th August 1898 the Firth of Cromarty left Glasgow. She was bound for Australia with over 2000 tons of general cargo and a large consignment of whisky.

By 27th August she was off Corsewall Point at the top of the Rhinns of Galloway when a strong wind smashed her against the rocks. The crew managed to escape but it took a further four days before a salvage party could reach the ship. In the meantime much of her cargo, including the whisky, was washed ashore.

In 1971 a local diver first located the wreckage in the general area and it was not until 1974 that he started to recover bottles, the first of which were in very poor condition and did not survive. Deeper excavation revealead more bottles, the following two lots are examples from the salvage operation.

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