Help Me Identify Imperial Whiskey Ceramic King Chair

[JereyJunker]

I have a Hiram Walker Imperial Whiskey Kings Chair that is made of ceramic with a gold finish and red felt. On Three sides of the seat it says "Imperial Whiskey by Hiram Walker"

The inscription on the bottom says - Blended Whiskey - 86 Proof, 10% Grain Neutral Spirits, Hiram Walker & Sons, Inc., Peoria, ILL. Etched on the left side of the bottom is "Central States Specialties, Inc.,3 of the sides of the seat it says "Imperial Whiskey by Hiram Walker". Dimensions: 12 1/2"H x 5 3/4" W

Please let me know if you know anything about this such as the approximate age or price. Thank you for your help in advance

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[blenderm]

I suppose your best place to ask would be the Canadian Club Museum as Hiram Walker were the owners.

The other point is that they were bought over by Allied Lyons in 1986 and that company more or less stopped using the HW name by the end of the 80's. For info, Peoria was the bottling plant for HW and then Allied until the company was bought over by Pernod.

So as an educated guess it would be some time earlier than the late 80's

[JereyJunker]

Some images so you all can see this. Even if you don't know about it, at least you can all appreciate it.

Thank you very much. I will contact the people you recommended and see if I can get any information.

[Eric1965]

I did see one of these bottles at auction go for 235.00 in 2008 but I have contacts that I'm going to ask to look into this further.

[blenderm]

I doubt that this is a bottle but more a bar display stand. The Imperial I remember was a tall round fluted bottle

[JereyJunker]

The chair is a display and not a bottle. The bottle would sit on top of the seat. This would have been an expensive piece to mass produce so I am assuming that it was done in limited numbers in the 60's or before? If it were made later, it would have been made of plastic.

I have found one post with no answers a few years back on this.