Whisky bottles and measures

Highlands

This glass bottle contains a fine whisky said to be almost 200 years old. The faded label reads "from Jas. Young, Family Grocer, Wine & Spirit Merchant, High St. Fort William". James Young died in 1894. The whisky was gifted to the museum by Young’s successor, Walter Cameron. The second object is a copper smuggler's measure. The measure has been holed by the dastardly Excise men so that it could not be used again. It was found under the old hotel at Invergarry and gifted to the museum in 1926.

Material: glass, copper

Size: Bottle H 203 mm x W 102 mm measure H 140 mm x 89 mm

Sources: West Highland Museum