what is this thing called?
 

I'm into booze... and old booze related things... so i picked this up today. Its some old pottery whiskey dispenser, but i can't find anything about them online because i don't know what this would technically be called.

And yes, it has been used... it smells like whiskey inside. I have no clue how old it is... but i'm guessing, and hoping, its a few decades at least

https://www.t-mobilepictures.com/mya...add9ff7d6.jpeg

and yeah, **** you... i like cool antiques...

Pottery version of a keg?

its a lot smaller than a keg, this would probably hold about a liter. And like I said, this was used for whiskey... you can smell it...

Ebay it "Whiskey keg".

Looks like an old promotional item for whiskey companies. I used to snatch them up anytime I was near the Good will store. Then turn around and throw them up on ebay for triple what I paid for them. It would pay for a tank of gas lol

Look on the bottom or uner the lid for a stamp or seal of the brand of whiskey or place of production.

good luck.

http://cgi.ebay.com/USA-Pottery-Whis...3286.m20.l1116 closest thing i found

I looked for pics on google and photobucket and came up empty.

def not a promo item, there are no markings on it except for a number ... "4"

i'll keep searching...

awesome find... that is the same type of item i've got minus the carafe of shot glasses

I've been looking around. Its done in the style of a crock. Is it porcelain? How big is it?

wtf is "style of a crock"?

not sure exact size... and my measuring tape is in the car. I'd say it would easily fit a liter and a half of liquid... possibly two. I'll take another pic of it with a cd for size

http://www.dargate.com/230_auction/230_images/906.jpg

a lot of antique crocks are similar in styling/color. A common style is blue painting on the grayish porcelain.

We had a few of these at my grandmas house when she died. I'll have to ask my mom about them. I know some of them are worth quite a bit.

I think it depends on the number.

then yes. grayish w/ blue glaze paintings

sweet! Mine has the number 4 on it. I'd be pretty stoked if its worth something... but i'd really just love to find out more about it b/c its pretty neat.

Worse case... i'll clean it out and toss in some whiskey

some more pics with the cd for size


https://www.t-mobilepictures.com/mya...f0ca7990a.jpeg

https://www.t-mobilepictures.com/mya...f0ca7990a.jpeg

https://www.t-mobilepictures.com/mya...c69a49424.jpeg

https://www.t-mobilepictures.com/mya...25eab99fa.jpeg

its a 100 year old version of this
http://sunderware.com/jagerMachine.jpg