“Using the cork to seal the contents at the rear allowed crude and rude jokes or slogans to enhance the product”
The next segment in the Figural Pig Series will focus on three whiskey nips that are embossed with slogans referring to the pig or hogs hind quarters or of course, ass. These phrases are “SOMETHING GOOD “IN A HOGS” (hand and finger pointing to rear of pig and mouth of bottle), DRINK WHILE IT LASTS, FROM THIS HOGS … and “GOOD OLD BOURBON IN A HOGS …” Quite humorous and representative of the times when drinking values were changing in America. These are fun bottles and reasonable obtainable. Each is different and look great when grouped.
Pigs were a sign of prosperity during the 1870’s–1890’s. The pigs were fed corn and corn was also used in the distilling of whiskey. The critters were cute and popular with the public so the distillers capitalized on these figurals as a marketable tool. The pig also represented the evils of drink. Using the cork to seal the contents at the rear allowed crude and rude jokes or slogans to enhance the product, for example “Something Good in a Hog’s –>” (with the arrow pointing to the rear). Beside glass, these pigs appear in pottery form. Anna Pottery from Anna, Illinois produced the famous Railroad Pig that goes for top dollar. The Kirkpatrick brothers who worked in Anna summed up their feelings in an article in the Jonesboro, Indiana Weekly Gazette in 1869: “It is rather a hoggish propensity to be guzzling whiskey, and if the habit is indulged in, will soon reduce a man below the level of the hog, and cause him to wallow in the gutter.”
Glenn Poch
SOMETHING GOOD “IN A HOGS” …
SOMETHING GOOD / “IN A HOGS”… (hand and finger pointing to rear of pig and mouth of bottle)
Clear glass, circa 1885 – 1900, American, 4 1/4”, PAT. W on smooth base, tooled lip. A scarce little whiskey nip.
SOMETHING GOOD / "IN A HOGS" ... figural whiskey pig - Meyer Collection
SOMETHING GOOD / "IN A HOGS" ... figural whiskey pig - Meyer Collection
SOMETHING GOOD / "IN A HOGS" ... figural whiskey pig - Meyer Collection
SOMETHING GOOD / "IN A HOGS" ... figural whiskey pig - Meyer Collection
DRINK WHILE IT LASTS / FROM THIS HOGS …
DRINK WHILE IT LASTS / FROM THIS HOGS …
Clear glass, circa 1885 – 1895, American
6 3/4”, smooth base, sheared and tooled lip. About perfect. One of the more difficult to obtain of the figural whiskey pig bottles
DRINK WHILE IT LASTS / FROM THIS HOGS ... figural whiskey pig - Meyer Collection
DRINK WHILE IT LASTS / FROM THIS HOGS ... figural whiskey pig - Meyer Collection
DRINK WHILE IT LASTS / FROM THIS HOGS ... figural whiskey pig - Meyer Collection
DRINK WHILE IT LASTS / FROM THIS HOGS ... figural whiskey pig - Meyer Collection
GOOD OLD BOURBON IN A HOGS …
GOOD OLD BOURBON / IN A HOGS …, (Denzin, GOO-31), American, ca. 1875 – 1885, medium honey amber figural pig, 6 3/4” long tooled mouth.
Figural Whiskey Pig, “GOOD OLD BOURBON / IN A HOGS -”, (Denzin, GOO-31), American, ca. 1875 - 1885, medium honey amber figural pig, 6 3/4” long tooled mouth. Perfect condition, not even a trace of wear! Gene Heisey Collection.
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