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A: During Prohibition (1920-1933), old liquor bottles were often used to hold homemade liquor. A law prohibiting the resale or reuse of used liquor bottles was passed in 1935.

A statement online said: “The bottle cap branded ‘Rileys’ is itself also of historical interest, with the chisel shaped design having been created in 1885 by Frederic George Riley, who ...