Vintage Federal Law Forbids Liquor Bottle

This is a mid-century, machine-molded clear glass liquor or spirits bottle featuring a distinct bulbous neck and a tapered base.

If you look closely at the glass embossment on the shoulder, you can see molded text. It reads: "FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS SALE OR RE-USE OF THIS BOTTLE". This historic phrase legally anchors the bottle's production era. The US government mandated this text on all liquor bottles manufactured between 1935 and 1964 to prevent bootlegging and the refilling of bottles with unregulated black-market alcohol after the repeal of Prohibition.