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JANUARY 2021, Volume 34 No. 5 Florida’s Best News Source for Vintage-ANTIQUE-Collectibles
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Fire Engine Decanters
Help Put the Fire Out
By Larry LeMasters, LeMasters’ Antique News Service
As most of us know, a decanter is a vessel
that is used to hold the decantation of a liquid,
most often wine but in the 20th century,
whiskey became a popular alcoholic beverage
Exquisite, Jim Beam 1867 sold in decanters.
Mississippi fire engine No. 313
decanter. This decanter was issued Decantation is a process that separates a
in 1978 and is valued at $60. liquid from a solid, such as a solid mixture in
This 1930 Model A Ford fire engine was part suspension. Wine, especially home brewed wine,
of Jim Beam’s Historic Fire Vehicle Series.
This decanter once held 750 ml of 80 proof, Kentucky is still decanted in this manner since the grape pulp or other solid
straight bourbon whiskey. mixture that is in suspension in the wine must be allowed to decant
or settled to the bottom so that the good wine may be poured from
the top. If you’ve ever drunk wine that had pulp floating in it, you
realize how valuable the process of decantation is to good wine.
On the other hand, whiskey does not need decanted. Any
suspended solid is separated from the whiskey long before it is
bottled.
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Located ½ mile from the Gamble Mansion we are a perfect stop for a day trip.
We are just 1 mile west from I-75 at EXIT 224. We have an extensive selection
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ANTIQUE MALL
4407 US Hwy 301 N.
Ellenton, FL 34222
941-729-1379
Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12-5pm Vintage, bisque porcelain fire engine decanter (part of the Firefighters Series created by
www.feedstoreantiquemall.com Mount Hope Estate & Winery) that is valued at $95.
This was a limited edition (1,500) decanter made in 1983.
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