Peter Dawson Special Spring Cap Bottled 1940s 75cl

A bottle of Peter Dawson Special blended Scotch whisky, sealed with a spring cap closure. This was produced by Peter Dawson Ltd. We estimate this was bottled in the 1940s.

Please note there is no size or ABV stated on the labels.

Peter Dawson was a family operation established in 1882, which built Towiemore distillery in 1897. In 1925, it was acquired by DCL, where it held the license for Ord Distillery until 1982. Bottles of 1940 Peter Dawson whisky sealed with a short metal capsule were recovered from the sunken cargo of the S.S. Politician, whose wreck in 1941 inspired Compton Mackenzie's 1947 novel, Whisky Galore.

This bottle is from a large collection built up during the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s.

The New Zealand based collection is mainly comprised of blended Scotch whiskies and early Single Malt Scotch whiskies produced for export markets.

The bottles were inherited and conserved by the seller, the collector’s son.

This Peter Dawson Special Spring Cap sold at our online auction for £320