What is this lion?
- Alex Bridgeman
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What is this lion?
The key feature on the bottle is the rampant lion crest moulded into the shoulder. This crest is very annoyingly familiar but I just can’t place it and can’t find a reference to such a crest in my notes.
Does anyone know which shipper(s) might have used this symbol at some point in the past - probably the 1940s to 1960s?
Thanks for any help anyone can give.
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Re: What is this lion?
There's a couple on the Taylor's crest but the modern rendering doesn't look like that.
Re: What is this lion?
It is an instruction to only drink it with a Scotsman.
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