VINTAGE RARE 1800's DANVILLE VA. DISTILLERY GALLON LIQUOR JUG PRE PROHIBITION

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VINTAGE RARE 1800's DANVILLE VA. DISTILLERY GALLON LIQUOR JUG PRE PROHIBITION. THIS JUG WAS USED IN THE VERY EARLY 20TH CENTURY. IT IS EMBOSSED WITH THE NAME OF DANVILLE VA. DISTILLERY, 618-620 CRAGHEAD STREET, DANVILLE, VA.  MEASURES 11"TALL AND 6" WIDE.  CONDITION:  GOOD.  IT HAS A CHIP AROUND THE RIM AND A FLAKE CHIP ON LOWER FRONT OF JUG, A COUPLE OF BUBBLES, AND A COUPLE OF SMALL FLEA BITE CHIPS ON BOTTOM. THERE ARE NO CRACKS.  THIS JUG HAS TWO HANDLES AND IN GOOD CONDITION.  IT IS MISSING THE WIRE AND WOOD BAIL HANDLE.  I AM WANDERING HOW MANY TRIPS AND HOW MUCH MOONSHINE /WHISKEY WAS CARRIED IN THIS JUG.  THE INSIDE BOTTOM OF JUG APPEARS TO BE STAINED, PROBABLY FROM THE MOONSHINE/WHISKEY.HIS JUG WAS FOUND UNDER THE BASEMENT OF AN OLD ONE ROOM 1800'S SCHOOL HOUSE IN SHERRARD, WEST VIRGINIA, WHICH LATER WAS TURNED INTO A RESIDENCE.  THROUGHOUT MY RESEARCH, I SPOKE WITH THE OWNER OF AN ANTIQUE SHOP IN DANVILLE, VIRGINIA,  ACCORDING TO THE OWNER, THIS IS A VERY RARE, SOUGHT AFTER,  AND VALUABLE JUG.  HE HAS ONLY SEEN TWO TO THREE OTHER JUGS COME THROUGH HIS STORE.  IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION OR PICTURES, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I WILL PROVIDE THEM FOR YOU.  IN SHIPPING THE JUG WILL BE WRAPPED EXTREMELY WELL, AND PACKAGED ONE BOX INSIDE ANOTHER.  SMOKE FREE ENVIRONMENT.