£605
Auction: 19 May 2023 from 10:00 BST
the turned wooden handle of baluster form, the applied brass terminal with engraved italic initials JS, the circular copper matrix engraved 'BUCK DISTILLERY Js.SMITH'
Note:
Buck Distillery was one of the early and few legally licensed distilleries in the Cabrach. The remote part of Speyside was renowned for its many illicit stills and no doubt its remote and unforgiving landscape gave rise to and success of many of these distillers. Buck Distillery was one of the few legal exceptions.
Likely a traditional farm distillery run parallel to the main business of farming it was granted a license in 1826 after the new licenses scheme came in only three years earlier in 1823. It survived until 1833 on the death of the founder James Smith.
Little is known of this long-lost distillery and it seems likely, other than the record of the license, this seal is the only relic of the distillery to survive.