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Title |
Jesse Moore & Co. Bourbon Bottle, c. 1890s |
Object Name |
Bottle, Spirits |
Description |
Jesse Moore & Co. Bourbon Bottle, c. 1890s. Amber colored cylindrical glass bottle with long neck and tool top has maker's information embossed on the side. |
Date |
c. 1890s |
Creator |
Jesse Moore-Hunt & Co., San Francisco, CA & Louisville, KY |
Role |
Manufacturer |
Catalog Number |
2019.002.014 |
Dimensions |
H-11.5 W-2.875 D-2.875 inches |
Collection |
3D - Food Service Tools & Equipment |
Inscription Text |
"TRADE / MARK / G.H.MOORE / BOURBON & RYE / JESSE MOORE & Co. LOUISVILLE Ky. / JESSE MOORE-HUNT CO. / SAN FRANCISCO" (embossed on side) |
Provenance |
Part of 4+ boxes of archaeological material recovered from the Morgan Oyster Beds on Bear Island in Belmont, CA. |
Notes |
"Jesse shows up in the 1861 Louisville directory, p. 178, as a wholesale liquor dealer, 'Jesse Moore, Liquors, 212 Second St. bet. Gray and Broadway'. "Apparently Kentuckians did not take well to a Yankee whiskey dealer during The War, as Jesse and Frances were next found back in Worcester with the birth of a third son, Frank, in March, 1865, a daughter, Jessie Louise, in 1867 and a second daughter, my grandmother, Mabel, in 1872. "George Henry Moore seems to have become a partner in Jesse's business in 1868 as 'Jesse Moore & Co., whiskies, 223 and 225 W. Main"in the 1890 Louisville directory. George H. Moore was involved in the distilleries of Moore & Sellinger and as a partner with Jesse in Moore, Hunt & Co., wholesalers in San Francisco and elsewhere. George H. is also described as a banker and philanthropist. In 1892 with Jesse 70 years old George H. Moore bought out his uncle's interests and Jesse retired.'" [https://www.straightbourbon.com/community/topic/1608-jesse-moore-whiskey/ 1/24/2019] |
Search Terms |
Archaeolgy Archaeological Material Archaeological Materials Bottles Morgan Oyster Company |
Subjects |
Bottles Whiskey |
Credit line |
Courtesy of John Shroyer |