Sioux North American Indian

Ski Country Whiskey Bottle, Made in Japan

Description

Sioux Indian Porcelain Whiskey Bottle.
This item is a part of six-piece set of Ski Country North American Indians Decanters, the other five including The Crow, The Pawnee, The Arapaho, The Iroquois, and the Blackfoot.
It was made in Japan in 1977 and has been stored in a Japanese ceramic factory ever since. The company already went out of business several years ago, but since it's been sealed in its original styrofoam package, it is still in MINT condition. 

Box reads,
"The fine sculpturing is the work of Hachiro Goto, who is well known internationally for his famous work. Being completely hand decorated, Ski Country bottles are produced in very limited quantities. They are unique, highly desirable, and sought after by bottle collectors as well as collectors of fine art, world wide...   FOSS COMPANY LIQUORS "

  • Size: It stands approx 13.75" (35 cm) Tall
  • Volume: 4/5 Quart (1/5 Gal, 25.6 fl oz, 757 ml)
  • Decanter is empty. (Never Been Used, Never been displayed)
  • There are gold foil label on bottom that says "CONTAINER MADE IN JAPAN". Bottom also reads, "SKI-COUNTRY, 4/5 Qt. LIMITED EDITION, NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS SIOUX"
  • Sealed in its original factory package since 1977.

There is a tag card with a hallmark of Majestic Eagle. It says; "Ski-Country is the registered Trade Mark owned by the Foss Company, Golden, Colorado. Produced in very limited quantities to an extremely high standard of perfection, these ceramics are the Tiffany bottles of the industry."

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North American Indian Bottles were made in a factory once based in Seto, the largest ceramics producing city in Japan. However, as the ceramics industry in Japan has been declining year by year, many manufacturers have closed down their factories in the last few decades. Some of them are liquidating their remaining merchandise and prototype models left in their warehouses.  Much more items are still waiting to see daylight in the abandoned warehouses. Please sometimes stop by my eBay store to come upon a great find. Or, check it now!