RARE, EIGHTEENTH CENTURY RUM IN TREGNUMS
Lying at Christie's
Old Rum, Believed 18th Century
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Old Rum, Believed 18th Century
Two tregnums containing old, high-strength West Indies golden rum. Circa 1800, approximately 12 inches high. Hand blown bottles, double-string rimes, "strains" in neck glass. Remains of wax capsules, shrunken corks. Recorked in the 1930s. In the first lot level mid/upper-shoulder. In the second lot level mid-shoulder
Two of a few remaining bottles that were shipped to Scotland, probably in the early 18th century, by a family owning sugar estates in Santa Cruz in the 17th and 18th centuries
1 tregnum per lot
Two tregnums containing old, high-strength West Indies golden rum. Circa 1800, approximately 12 inches high. Hand blown bottles, double-string rimes, "strains" in neck glass. Remains of wax capsules, shrunken corks. Recorked in the 1930s. In the first lot level mid/upper-shoulder. In the second lot level mid-shoulder
Two of a few remaining bottles that were shipped to Scotland, probably in the early 18th century, by a family owning sugar estates in Santa Cruz in the 17th and 18th centuries
1 tregnum per lot