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Marked DEWAR'S SCOTCH WHISKY on both sides

John Dewar founded his firm in 1848 in Perth, Scotland. His whisky was one of the first

to be sold in a glass bottle with the whisky brand name embossed on the front. The firm

of John Dewar & Sons, Ltd. is still in operation.

Marked

“

Castle Packets

”

Castle Packets Company merged with Union Steamship

Co. in March of 1900 to form the Union-Castle Mail

Steamship Company. The corkscrew predates 1900.

Louis Strauss' 1949 United States

Patent for a

―

Utility Tool Kit

‖

can

be found in leather pouches with

advertising. Strauss' folding bow

was sold as the

―

Toolmaster

‖

.

The most common folding bow with advertising

is William Rockwell Clough's United States

Number 302,321 of July 22, 1884. This colorful

miniature bow can be found with a great variety

of advertisements.