What Are Old Moonshine Jugs Worth

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How To Make a Glass Jug Lamp

When I decided to rent an old farm house with a bunch of falling down buildings on the property there was a general debate going on in my family about whether or not I’d a.) lost my mind, or b.

) become a full-blown hillbilly. Which, duh, I own donkeys. The question kind of answers itself.

Especially when I find things these old moonshine jugs in one of my garages and am all, “Hey, I think those will look great in my living room.”

What? I washed them first. And, you know, added a little wiring…

This counts for at least one vote in the non-crazy category, right? Because I have to say, for minimal effort– not including scrubbing years worth of grime off the jugs– these Moonshine Lamps were a pretty quick, easy DIY project.

I started with a little research on lamp-parts. You can buy lamp kits online or at most hardware stores. Instead of going with a kit I decided to buy the parts piecemeal so I would have a little more flexibility with how I put it all together.

Here’s what I used:

• 2 big filthy glass jugs
• 2 lamp cords with outlet plugs
• 2 detachable lamp “harps” to hold the shades
• 2 light sockets
• A set of threaded “nipples” (hey, I didn’t package the things)
• Corks special ordered to fit the jugs from here
• Ceramic drill bit

After figuring out all the pieces and parts that I needed my first (and really, only) challenge of this project was drilling a hole in the glass jugs for the cord to enter. Luckily I had seven more bottles hanging out in the garage if this didn’t work, but– as with everything– when you have the right tools things go pretty smoothly.

I set the jug in the sink on a kitchen towel and let some cold water trickle over it, then I rested the ceramic bit on the glass and started drilling.

Note: I said “rested” not “pushed”. Drilling through glass or ceramic is a patience game. I never used more pressure than the weight of the drill, and once the bit broke through the glass and I was just widening the hole, I even lifted some pressure off. It took about 2 minutes of drilling to make a hole this size.

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• I didn’t push my luck and drill any more than was necessary for the cord to fit.
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Slow and steady with very light pressure is the key (which I totally learned from this experience.) After I successfully drilled the holes then I went back and washed the jugs inside and out, then started playing with some of the wiring while they dried.

Here’s the basic assembly for the wiring:

Cord runs through nipple, connects to socket. Nipple runs through cork, holds harp, and is attached to socket. Easy enough.

The first thing was to get a hole through the cork stopper for the nipple to screw into.

When I was looking at lamp kits most of them came with a black stopper to hold the nipple and socket in place, but not only was the stopper the wrong size for the opening of these bottles, I also wanted something a little more natural looking. Instead, I measured the bottle openings and ordered a couple different sizes of cork stoppers online.

Cork isn’t the easiest material to drill cleanly so I used a bit a few times smaller than the hole I needed, and I made sure I had some extras on hand which turned out to be a good call.

Not such a good call? Drilling into cork right in the middle of the kitchen floor.

As someone who views vacuuming with the same degree of excitement as having a splinter shoved under my fingernail, you’d think I would be more cautious about where I make my messes. You would be wrong.

In the end I had two corks fitted with nipples, and a small pile of cork-bits for the cat to roll around in and track through the entire house in the 15 minutes (okay fine, 45 minutes) it took me to get the shopvac out.

I thought I might have to use some silicone to keep the nipple in place, but it was actually a pretty snug fit without any adhesive. I may revisit that later, depending on how everything holds up.

The next thing I tackled was the light socket. Most sockets have the word “press” embossed on them somewhere, and when you squeeze the socket you can pop the bottom off and get at the guts of the wiring.

So here’s something new I learned about wiring during this project: If you look at a standard lamp cord, one of the wires will have an intent or colored stripe on the plastic sheathing of the “cord”… this is the neutral wire (attached to the bigger outlet prong). When everything goes together, this attaches to the silver screw. The other wire attaches to the gold screw, and then you’re in business.

Here’s a look at everything as I assembled it:

Cord through the jug, then the stopper, then the base of the harp, then the bottom of the socket. Then and only then do you start attaching the wires.

1. I may or may not have gotten excited about getting things to light up and forgot to put the base of the harp on the first time around, but I got there eventually.
2. And the moment of truth:
3. All that’s left is adding a lamp shade.

Unfortunately I bought the one kind of shade that doesn’t work with this style of harp, so this is just a mock-up of how it will look eventually, but you get the idea.  All in all the lamp cost about $25 to put together, not including the shade.

Moonshine Jugs – Old Whiskey Jugs

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• 1/2 Gallon: Diameter: 5 inch, Height: 8 inch1 Gallon: Diameter: 6 1/4 inch, Height: 9 inch

Moonshine jugs are dishwasher, microwave, oven, and food safe. These old whisky jugs do not contain lead or harmful chemicals. Ceramic jugs are easy to clean quality-made durable stoneware. You can safely store and drink liquor, fermented tea, fruit juice, soda, or water in these old whiskey jugs, or use them as a rustic decoration.

Our moonshine jugs beg for leisurely reenactments of old time mountain music. Available in one gallon and half gallon sizes with optional corks for liquid storage.

The corks are not recommended for long-term airtight storage. Stoneware whisky jugs are 100% American made. For a larger option, check out our 2 gallon insulated beverage dispenser.

These stoneware growlers in two sizes are made for airtight liquid storage.

These American-made, high-quality ceramic whisky jugs are a nod to the historical stoneware used to package moonshine and whiskey, America's homegrown spirit.

With the arrival of steamboats in the early 1800s the beginning of moonshine distillery expansion was marked. By the 1820s commercial distilleries in the south were on the rise.

So too was the stoneware industry, which produced the jugs used to package the country's precious whiskey.

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Stoneware Crock Jug

Crazy Crow Trading Post offers glazed stoneware jugs for use in the home or camp. The early use of stoneware jugs in American in general, and the western frontier in particular, dates back to the end of the eighteenth century when their production began in the East.

Stoneware Jugs: aka Liquor Crocks, Whiskey Jugs & Shoulder Jugs

Stoneware jugs, also referred to as liquor crocks or jugs, whiskey jugs, and shoulder jugs, predate the mason jars and other modern containers that replaced them.

While they obviously weren’t used exclusively by any means for the consumption of “spirits”, the image of a mountain man, pioneer, or other early frontier inhabitant taking a drink from a stoneware shoulder jug is certainly an American cliché, if not icon.

Unsuccessful efforts were made to deal with the problem, both by the Indians, and by edict and law decreed by the Colonial powers and later by the U.S. government. Alcohol was most abundant around forts and trading posts, and at rendezvous. Alcohol packed to rendezvous was extremely high proof.

Once at rendezvous or trading post, the alcohol was generally diluted with water at a ratio of 1:2 or 1:4. This increased the volume of the product and profits. Rufus Sage in his book, Rocky Mountain Life.

records that on one occasion an Indian woman drank a cup of alcohol which had not been diluted: the woman died of alcohol poisoning within a few hours. Typically voyageurs and engageés were allocated one gill of whiskey at the end of every days work.

While on the hunt, alcohol was generally not available, although there often seemed to be some around for someone badly injured and requiring an anesthetic or for other medicinal purposes.

A Jug Christens a Lake

Besides the usual use for personal comsumption, Fur Trade Era alcohol seems to have been used for more ceremonial uses. A marker located on the Summit of the hill on the road to Fremont Lake (Sublette County, Wyoming) reads:

“On the edge of this magnificent sheet of water, from 1833 to 1844, Captain William Drummond Stewart of Scotland, camped many times with Jim Bridger and other Mountain Men and the Indians. In 1837 his artist, Alfred Jacob Miller, painted the first pictures of this area.

On Stewart’s last trip in 1844, eight men in a rubber boat, first boat on the lake, honored their leader by christening these waters as Stewart’s Lake in a joyous ceremony near the narrows with a jug of whiskey. Years later this glacier-formed lake with its shoreline of twenty-two miles and over six hundred foot depth was named for John C.

Fremont, – the map makers knew not it had been named long before.”

What is American Stoneware?

The term American Stoneware refers to the predominant houseware of 19th century North America-stoneware pottery usually covered in a salt glaze and often decorated using cobalt oxide to produce bright blue decorations.

The vernacular term “crocks” is often used to describe this type of pottery, though the term “crock” is not seen in period documents describing the ware.

Additionally, while other types of stoneware were produced in America concurrently with it-for instance, ironstone, yellowware, and various types of china-in common usage of the term, “American Stoneware” refers to this specific type of pottery.

Rare F. H. WEEKS STONEWARE HARVEST, SYRUP or MOONSHINE JUG Marked XXX Circa 1891-1910

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Offering a rare find–a F.H. WEEKS STONEWARE MOONSHINE or SYRUP JUG.  This style of jug is considered rare as it was not produced for that long and not many survived. 

Sometimes referred to as a harvest jug, the jug was manufactured by the F.H. Weeks Company in Akron, Ohio between 1891 and 1910.

  Some collectors call this style of jug a Triple X Moonshine Whiskey Jug because of the XXX embossed on the base. The light beige glazed jug is slightly smaller than other F.H.

Weeks syrup jugs, measuring approximately 5 ¼” high without the handle and 7 ⅜ with the handle up.  The base is 4 ⅛ across. 

It has a decorative flair with embossed vines and leaves and an attached wire bail with a black wood handle.  It is a very good condition other than a chip on the spout with expected crazing due to age. The following mark is embossed on the base:

MFGD BY F.H WEEKS / STYLE / XXX / PAT. PENDING / AKRON O

• Great addition to your stoneware collection or for a collector of moonshine or whiskey collectibles.
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Whiskey Jug – 7 For Sale on 1stDibs

Located in Kansas City, MOArtist: Rachel Hubbard Kline
Title : Cobalt Whiskey Jug
Materials : Stoneware, underglaze, glaze, decals, luster
Date : 2017
Dimensions : 9.5″ x 6″ x 6″
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H 795 in. W 6 in. D 6 in.Steam Cultivator Whiskey JugLocated in Kansas City, MOArtist: Rachel Hubbard Kline
Title : Steam Cultivator Whiskey Jug
Materials : Stoneware, underglaze, glaze, decals, luster
Date : 2017
Dimensions : 7.5″ x 6.5″ x 6.5″
Description : W…Materials

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H 7.5 in. W 6.5 in. D 6.5 in.Located in Kansas City, MOArtist: Rachel Hubbard Kline
Title : Vintage Rust Whiskey Jug
Materials : Stoneware, underglaze, glaze, decals, luster
Date : 2017
Dimensions : 8.5″ x 4.75″ x 4.75″ Rachel Hubbard…Materials

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H 8.5 in. W 4.75 in. D 4.75 in.Hand Painted Ceramic Irish Whiskey Jug Converted to Table LampLocated in San Francisco, CAC. 19th century Hand Painted Ceramic Irish whiskey jug converted to table lamp.H 24.75 in. W 9.50 in. D 7 in.Antique Nippon Moriage Whiskey Jugs with English Hunt Scene”Marked”, #Ric00018Antique 1900s nippon Moriage whiskey jugs with English Hunt Scene, hand-painted signed, and marked at the bottom.    Antique Burley Winter 5 Gallon Stoneware Crock Whiskey Beer Jug Jar”Antique five gallon brown and white stoneware crok or whiskey jug with wooden cork, marked with the Burley & Winter Pottery blue heart. “The Burley and Winter Pottery Company wa…French Sarreguemines Advertising Face Jug for OVH Greer's Scotch Whiskey, 1890sLocated in Philadelphia, PAMade as a premium for the British and Irish pubs, and used for water when mixing a whiskey, a scarce advertising face jug. The French Sarreguemines majolica barbotine mold, Tête #318…Get Updated with New ArrivalsSave “Whiskey Jug”, and we’ll notify you when there are new listings in this category.Glass and Sterling Silver Mounted Whiskey Jugs, Antique EdwardianLocated in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon TyneA fine and impressive pair of antique Edwardian blown and cut-glass, English sterling silver mounted whiskey jugs, an addition to our wine and drink related collection. These fine…Trellis Brilliant Period Cut Glass Whiskey Jug by Egginton & Co.Located in New Orleans, LAThe beauty and complexity of O.F. Egginton & Co.'s prized Trellis pattern is on display in this American Brilliant Period cut glass whiskey jug. The Trellis pattern was patented in 1…Victorian Sterling Silver and Glass Whiskey Jug and Tot Set by Elkington & CoLocated in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon TyneAn exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian sterling silver and glass whiskey jug and tot set; an addition to our diverse glassware collection This exceptional antique Vi…Materials

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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal whiskey jug for your home. A whiskey jug — often made from ceramic, earthenware and glass — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the whiskey jug you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A whiskey jug is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Victorian and Folk Art styles are sought with frequency. Alvino Bagni, Frederick Elkington and Hunt & Roskell each produced at least one beautiful whiskey jug that is worth considering.A whiskey jug can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,253, while the lowest priced sells for $365 and the highest can go for as much as $4,850.

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