Lot 143 - Vintage Calvert Whiskey Taste Test Kit Advertising Novelty with Two Embossed Shot Glasses, "Whiskey Expert" Certificate Cards, and Instruction Pamphlet in Original Box

Lot 143 - Vintage Calvert Whiskey Taste Test Kit Advertising Novelty with Two Embossed Shot Glasses, "Whiskey Expert" Certificate Cards, and Instruction Pamphlet in Original BoxVintage Calvert Taste Test Kit, a promotional novelty from Calvert Distilling Company. The kit includes two embossed glass tasting glasses marked "Calvert" with red painted "A" and "B" medallions, a printed instruction pamphlet titled "Here's How to Be Your Own Whiskey Expert," and two blank "Whiskey Expert" certification cards with spaces for date and signature. All components are housed in the original printed cardboard box reading "Calvert Taste

Retains matching lid and a handwritten provenance note

and the photograph has some fading and a visible crease

Pre-Auction Notes: Pages/binding are separated entirely from cover and spine board

The composition features a single flower with five petals

This piece of antique Americana was assembled by hand and each bit of pine cone is secured with glue

They are marked Paris

Antique turned wooden box with matching turned lid

along with spine covering

Slightly smaller than half plate size

depicting a man reclining in a chair smoking a pipe with a woman's face appearing in the smoke

Described as 5 feet 7 inches tall with brown hair and eyes

so I believe it was once part of a trophy