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Title: Nazeing Old Parr Whisky bottle for United Distillers
Post by: flying free on August 06, 2012, 12:08:06 AM
I was searching for something else and came across this.
Apparently this was the most expensive whisky produced selling for £580 per bottle and the bottles were made by Nazeing Glass
https://ffirstimpressions.com/bespoke.html
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Title: Re: Nazeing Old Parr Whisky bottle for United Distillers
Post by: Anne on August 06, 2012, 03:02:32 PM
I wonder when they were made M? The metal bashers started in 1975, so that gives us a start date... perhaps Stephen P-H will drop by and tell us more.
Title: Re: Nazeing Old Parr Whisky bottle for United Distillers
Post by: flying free on August 06, 2012, 03:12:51 PM
No idea but will have a further search
It seems the price went up a little  :o  http://www.whiskyantique.com/blended-whisky__2/old-parr-elizabethan-blended-85-cl-43_ID1666.html
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Title: Re: Nazeing Old Parr Whisky bottle for United Distillers
Post by: chopin-liszt on August 06, 2012, 03:14:44 PM
I'm trying to work out who made the whisky..... or is it the bottle alone that makes the price so silly?
Title: Re: Nazeing Old Parr Whisky bottle for United Distillers
Post by: keith on August 06, 2012, 03:19:10 PM
Only a blended! give me a single malt like Glenfarclas or Yamazaki any day and the glass is not so interesting either ;D ;D
Title: Re: Nazeing Old Parr Whisky bottle for United Distillers
Post by: flying free on August 06, 2012, 03:19:43 PM
United Distillers as was
but there is some info I just came across on why they keep the original distillery name (takeovers etc)  I don't know anything about it and they used to be my client for Bell's Whisky....oh the good old days when Famous Grouse was my bete noire.
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Title: Re: Nazeing Old Parr Whisky bottle for United Distillers
Post by: flying free on August 06, 2012, 03:27:49 PM
I like the glass - I like it as much as I love the Bombay Sapphire bottles.  Have you seen other special bottles with decoration in or on the glass Keith?  I'm curious.
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Title: Re: Nazeing Old Parr Whisky bottle for United Distillers
Post by: Ivo on August 06, 2012, 03:39:23 PM
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/sep/20/worlds-most-expensive-whisky-dalmore-62

so

it's a steal at
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2182990/Did-Olympic-officials-blow-19-000-bottle-cognac-Receipt-posted-online-man-saying-bought-bottle-Hennessy-1853.html

Title: Re: Nazeing Old Parr Whisky bottle for United Distillers
Post by: keith on August 06, 2012, 03:50:16 PM
Got a few old bottles, no surprise there then ::) here's a good old Gilbey gin bottle a Bromsgrove mineral water and a lemonade bottle,Archers lemonade?,Christmas edition? ;D ;D
Title: Re: Nazeing Old Parr Whisky bottle for United Distillers
Post by: chopin-liszt on August 06, 2012, 04:33:21 PM
A locel charity shop here had an empty bottle of Haig Dimple with a snakeskin cover. Sadly, as I was telling the manageress I thought it might be worth a tad more than the £3 on it, a dealer grabbed it.
I really don't know much about whisky bottles though.
Vasart melted some and collapsed them into ashtrays. Teacher's is the brand-name on mine.
Then there's Timo Sarpaneva's classic, the Finlandia gin bottle, and all the weird ones containing even weirder drinks, with internal parts you find in airport shops....
Title: Re: Nazeing Old Parr Whisky bottle for United Distillers
Post by: Carolyn Preston on August 06, 2012, 05:12:33 PM
I've certainly seen more expensive Whiskeys than that. But in plain ordinary bottles. Next time I'm at the liquor store I'll take a picture or two. (Now that I've figured out how to get the pictures off the phone onto the computer).

Carolyn
Title: Re: Nazeing Old Parr Whisky bottle for United Distillers
Post by: flying free on August 06, 2012, 05:19:01 PM
yes but the Nazeing bottle has latticino canes in it.
Carolyn I think it was at the time it was produced, but I would be interested to see the more expensive ones if you get a pic of them.  I'm agog.  I do love the Guinness World Record type stuff!
Ivo but those bottles are boring and Keith, sorry they don't do it for me  :-[
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Title: Re: Nazeing Old Parr Whisky bottle for United Distillers
Post by: keith on August 06, 2012, 06:31:51 PM
yes but the Nazeing bottle has latticino canes in it.
Carolyn I think it was at the time it was produced, but I would be interested to see the more expensive ones if you get a pic of them.  I'm agog.  I do love the Guinness World Record type stuff!
Ivo but those bottles are boring and Keith, sorry they don't do it for me  :-[
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        So an embossed Bank's beer bottle wouldn't get you going then?
Title: Re: Nazeing Old Parr Whisky bottle for United Distillers
Post by: flying free on August 07, 2012, 02:35:01 PM
No not really Keith.  I know the Bombay Sapphire bottle is quite  plain in shape, but the colour is sensational.  It has to have wow factor really.
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Title: Re: Nazeing Old Parr Whisky bottle for United Distillers
Post by: sph@ngw on December 07, 2012, 05:52:27 PM
Hi,
Dropping by as requested by Anne.
No this bottle was not made by us, but we have done about 1 dozen reproduction bottles, some selling for over £3,000 each, initially.
A recent one of ours sold for $15,000 the pair in a Hong Kong, Bonhams Auction and the buyer was the distiller! he was also the seller!
(I shall not mention his name!)
"Why did you buy back your own product?". I asked.
"Because prior to that $10,000 a pair was the best price.
We have some left in stock and can mark up the value in our books!"

We did make dark amber, heavy Old Parr ashtrays pressed, but not this bottle.
The first we did was late 1980's for Burberrys, then Ardbegg, Glenfiddich, Johnnie Walker, Harveys of Bristol, etc.
Langham glass did the Bombay Sapphire gin bottle I believe, but check with Paul.
Title: Re: Nazeing Old Parr Whisky bottle for United Distillers
Post by: Frank on December 08, 2012, 01:46:21 PM
Caithness also did some special bottles in particular c2000 A still shaped bottle for Glenmorangie Elegance. Gordon Hendry was involved in the mould design project and production... only a couple of hundred were made.
http://www.htfw.com/scotch-malt-whisky/highlands/glenmorangie/glenmorangie-elegance-decanter-21-year-old
sell for 3 to 500 pounds full now.

But there was already a machine made version in production elsewhere... it would be be nice to see an example of that to determine the differences.

Ivo is yours, shown, machine made or hand blown version?
Title: Re: Nazeing Old Parr Whisky bottle for United Distillers
Post by: Ivo on December 10, 2012, 07:38:11 AM
definitely hand made.
Title: Re: Nazeing Old Parr Whisky bottle for United Distillers
Post by: nigel benson on December 24, 2012, 12:38:49 AM
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yes but the Nazeing bottle has latticino canes in it

Hi M,

I think you better take another look. The 'latticino' is actually food grade pewter netting, with a few exclusive versions being made with silver, so above the glass, not within it  ;)

Nigel