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Title |
Bottle (Piment-O-Dram). |
Object ID |
1986.1.142 |
Collection |
CERAMICS &GLASS |
Object Name |
Bottle |
Date |
20th Century |
Material |
Glass/Paper |
Dimensions |
H-25.8 Dia-7.5 Cir-25.3 cm |
Description |
Tall olive green bottle with cylindrical body and neck tapering to capped mouth. Tag on bottle reads "Wray & Nephew Dagger Piment .O. Dram Liqueur. A Jamaican Cordial with a most distinctive flavour. Excellent after dinner and in cocktails etc. Made and distilled by J. Wray & Nephew Ltd. Distillers & Blenders (since 1825) Kingston, Jamaica. West Indies." Two branches with cherries and a dagger drawn on tag along with their Logo and other writings. Embossed on base is the number "2" and a star.. Pimento Dram is a herbal liquer that is made with Jamaican rum and allspice, the berry of the pimento tree. Pimento comes from the Spanish "pimiento" but the English called it allspice, when they captured Jamaica from the Spanish in 1655 and discovered the pimento berry. Since then in Jamaica allspice berries have been picked and dried then soaked in rum and sweetened but the liquer became popular in Europe and North America in the early 1900's when it was bottled and sold by J. Wray & Nephew, a Jamaican Company. It has a amber colour and flavour is said to be a combination of cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. |
Credit line |
Courtesy: The Institute of Jamaica |
Legal Status |
This photograph can be reproduced and used for research and educational purposes without restrictions. For a higher resolution image which may attract a fee, please contact, keeperofcollections@museums-ioj.org.jm |
Place of Origin |
Kingston, Jamaica |
Web Rights |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |