Description: EXTREMELY RARE BOTTLE MILTON S KRONHEIN OF 3218 M STREET NW WASHINGTON DC [WHICH IS GEORGETOWN AREA]Blown in mold. Crude bold embossed lettering on front. Back panel indicated "1 pint"Bottle is made to appear like a medicine bottle but is actually a liquor bottle [flask]Bottle shows some damage: one ding on right corner edge outside the "O" in Kronheim and a corner crack in rear left corner which is unseen when bottle is on displayMr. Kronheim was WELL KNOWN BY PRESIDENTS and other statesman and stateswomen in GovernmentBottle would be worth well $400 without damage because there were only several of these style bottle made by Kronheim.Please read a summary below: In 1903, at the young age of only “15” Milton Kronheim opened his own liquor store, the Maryland Wine & Liquor Co., in Georgetown at 3218 M St. NW. He would fill his own bottles from huge barrels of raw whiskey and he conducted a mail-order trade, both legal practices at the time. The business prospered and became the largest wholesale distributorship in the Washington-Baltimore area until 1920, when Prohibition began. He was known as a “confidant” to high officials in local and national circles in Washington, fund-raiser for causes ranging from cerebral palsy to the State of Israel, and an accomplished handball and baseball player. As a young man, Mr. Kronheim also counted boxing among his recreational activities and one of his frequent sparring partners was John J. Sirica, who later became the federal judge who presided over the Watergate trials. When Mr. Kronheim invited Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to lunch at his warehouse in the spring of 1982, even The New York Times took notice of the event.
Price: 132 USD
Location: Gaithersburg, Maryland
End Time: 2024-02-17T23:39:57.000Z
Shipping Cost: 15 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Color: Clear
Time Period Manufactured: Antique (Pre-1900)
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Modified Item: No
