RARE 1982 LIMITED EDITION UNSEALED BUT FULL PRINCE WILLIAM OF WALESBELLS BLENDED SCOTCH WHISKY WADE COMMEMORATIVE PORCELAIN 500ML DECANTER

A LIMITED EDITION BELL'S CERAMIC DECANTER PRODUCED IN 1982 IN CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTH OF PRINCE WILLIAM ON THE 21ST OF JUNE. THIS CONTAINS BELL'S BLENDED SCOTCH WHISKY. 
REGRETTABLY IT IS UNSEALED AND THE CORK IS BROKEN OFF INSIDE THE TOP LID OF THE DECANTER. THE CORK STILL SEEM TO BE IN PLACE AND THE DECANTER STILL FEELS AND SEEMS TO BE FULL. A RARE AND COLLECTABLE ITEM NONETHELESS.
YES APART FROM THE STANDARD BELLS SCOTCH WHISKEY DECANTERS, BELLS IS ALSO KNOWN FOR THE CERAMIC BELL-SHAPED DECANTERS THAT IT RELEASED FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS SUCH AS CHARLES & DIANAS WEDDING, BIRTHDAYS OF ROYALTY AND CHRISTMAS. 
THIS BLENDED WHISKY WAS BOTTLED IN 1982 AFTER BEEN AGED IN BARRELS FOR 8 YEARS WHICH MAKES IT A 39 YEAR OLD WHISKY IN 2021. 
THESE WHISKY SEALED DECANTERS ARE RARE AND VERY FEW ARE AVAILABLE INTERNATIONALLY.
IF YOU ARE A COLLECTOR OF SCOTCH WHISKY'S OR A COLLECTOR OF DECANTERS OR A COLLECTOR OF ENGLISH ROYALTY MEMORABILIA, THIS STUNNING BELL'S DECANTER WOULD BE PERFECT FOR YOU.
THIS VINTAGE 500ML BELL'S BLENDED SCOTCH WHISKY PORCELAIN DECANTER WAS MADE BY WADE CERAMICS IN PERTH SCOTLAND.
THE BROWN AND GOLD BELL-SHAPED BOTTLE HAS HAND-APPLIED 24-CARATGOLD ACCENTS.
THE BEST-SELLING WHISKY IN THE U.K., BELL'S GOES BACK TO 1851,WHEN ARTHUR BELL CREATED THE ORIGINAL BLEND. THEY STARTED SELLING IT IN BELL-SHAPED DECANTERS IN THE 1920S, MADE BY ROYAL DOULTON AND THEN SPODE BEFORE WADE TOOK OVER PRODUCTION IN 1966.
AGED AND BLENDED WHISKEY: Bells blended whiskey is still made from thirty-five different whiskies matured for between five and twelve years.
SHAPE OF A BELL: When you're designing a decanter for Bell's Blended Scotch Whisky, you don't design some sort of lion or a guitar. You make a bell just like this one. The clue is in the name. 
BELLS WHISKEY: Arthur Bell had previously worked for a Scottish drinks merchant, when he joined the company in 1837 and became a partner in1851.Arthur could see the great opportunities in blended whisky and travelled around Scotland and the Isles to find malt whiskies for his own blends. He worked against the grain and, rather than using young, poorly matured whiskies for blending, he made a point of sourcing only well-aged spirit.
After his sons joined the business and in 1904 a whisky was released under the name Arthur Bell & Sons Extra Special Old Scotch Whisky.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SCOTCH AND BLENDED SCOTCH?
Single Malt Scotch Whisky is also a blend, but it is a blend of malt whisky produced in just one distillery so in effect the word 'single' means 'single place of origin' whereas Blended Scotch Whisky is a blend of grain and malt whisky from multiple distilleries.
DOES BLENDED SCOTCH WHISKEY GET BETTER OR GO OFF WITH AGE?
UNLIKE WINE, AN UNOPENED BOTTLE OF WHISKEY DOES NOT GET BETTER THE LONGER IT SITS ON YOUR SHELF. THE AMOUNT OF TIME THE WHISKEY SPENDS IN A BARREL MAKES A DIFFERENCE THOUGH. The wood from the barrels in which a Scotch (or any whisky) is aged in tends to break down the rougher flavors in the alcohol, leaving you with a smoother taste. UNLIKE WINE HOWEVER IT ALSO DOES NOT GO OFF WITH AGE. IT CAN SIT THERE FOR YEARS, EVEN MANY DECADES, AND STILL BE GOOD TO DRINK.
SIZE: 21CM HIGH 12,5CM DIAMETER AT BOTTOM VOLUME: 500ML
CONDITION: THE GOLD GILDING ARE IN GOOD CONDITION, AS IS THE BOTTLE, WITH NO CHIPS OR CRACKS. REGRETTABLY IT IS UNSEALED AND THE CORK IS BROKEN OFF INSIDE THE TOP LID OF THE DECANTER. THE CORK STILL SEEM TO BE IN PLACE THOUGH AND THE DECANTER STILL FEELS AND SEEMS TO BE FULL.
PLEASE ALSO SEE MY OTHER ITEMS. I HAVE A COMMEMORATIVE PRINCE HARRY OF WALES DECANTER ALSO ON AUCTION IN PERFECT SHAPE SEALED AND FULL.