RARE Royal Doulton Kingsware DEWARS WHISKY Bottle The MacNab after RAEBURN Noke

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This is a very collectable old whisky jug or flask designed by Charles Noke for Royal Doulton. It dates from about 1915 and is in muted treacle glazes used on Kingware Royal Doulton ceramic wares. This one was made for Dewars Whisky and it has an impressed maker's name on the back - DEWARS. There is the Royal Doulton Backstamp on the base. The jug is in lovely condition with no damages, cracks or crazing of any kind - I think that it probably had a bobble stopper in the past - but sadly this is no longer present. This is the only flaw with this jug - but not distracting in any way... it remains a most collectable piece of Doulton Kingsware and it is a very one too! A fabulous whisky collectable... and priced to sell... These Doulton Kingware Bottles usually sell for good three figure sums. Height - 22 cm A wee bit of history for you to described in importance of the motif used on his by Doulton .... The design is taken from one of Scotland's iconic paintings - and shows The MacNab - a most appropriate image for a bottle promoting Scotch Whisky! Francis Macnab (1734 - 1816) was a c lan chief, landowner and an eccentric. Macnab was an exceptional man, standing six feet three inches in height. He inherited the Chieftainship in 1778, together with large debts, many of which were the result of lengthy and unsuccessful litigation read more