£115
Great Britain: W. & A. Gilbey, Limited, a lovely pair of certificates for £10 ordinary shares, 19[20], #120 and £10 preference shares, 19[20], #117, attractive printing in blue and red respectively, issued to members of the Gilbey family and signed by other members as directors. Originally a family partnership of wine importers in London. In the 1860's they had acquired 2 large whisky distilleries in Scotland and a large estate in the Medoc. Converted into this company in 1893. Production of the now famous gin started in 1895. Through a series of amalgamations since the 1960's the brands now owned by Diageo, itself a merger of Guiness and Grand Metropolitan. VF and scarce (2).
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