BRENT, WARDER & CO – LOUISVILLE KY
14 August 2012
Pictured above is the only example I could find of the elusive Brent, Warder & Company figural barrel. This small, 6 3/4″, amber-copper figural barrel, embossed BRENT, WARDER & CO. / LOUISVILLE KY sold on eBay for $2,257 by thebottlevault as reported by the Southeast Bottle Club – AntiqueBottles.com in late 2004. I wonder who has the bottle now? Are there others?
What an elusive bottle. I am really scrapping the bottom of the barrel for information on this one. I did find a listing for a Elmore D. Warder and a John P. Warder with Brent, Warder & Co. in Louisville in 1861 (see below). The brand most likely contained a Bourbon product.
Read Update and New Post: Elusive Brent, Warder & Co. barrel found in Antique Mall
Illustration of Louisville around 1850 – 1860
City Directories for Louisville, Kentucky -1861
Louisville, Kentucky circa -1853
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