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The Books, as well as the other ceramics, are from Rutherford and all contain Scotch
th
– albeit not very good Scotch! The first was for Her Majesty’s 100 Birthday in 2000.
The second commemorates her life after her death just two years later. Both of these
are super rare at only 100 pieces each, especially as many will have been collected
by Royals Memorablia collectors, regardless as to whether they were bottles or not.

I do not know for sure but
I suspect that the first
th
flask was another 100
birthday bottle. When I
first saw the second flask
I thought ir was a faded
version of the first. Closer
inspection showed that it
is clearly different but I do
not know what occasion,
if any, this was made for.

The two jugs were made in 2011
but the photos were taken in
1984. The first shows the Queen
Mum holding her grandchild,
Prince Harry. The second is a
family portrait showing the
Queen Mother, The Queen,
Prince William, Princess Diana
holding Prince Harry and Prince
Charles.

We come to the only straights I know of, both of
which are from The Whisky Connoisseur. The first
th
is another 100 birthday bottle which contains an
st
unknown single malt. The second is a 101
birthday bottle sporting a most unflattering, sour
faced, version of HM. I doubt she would have been
sour faced as this contains 11 year old Macallan
Single Malt.

David Smith

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