Barnie needs help again.

[barnie]

I have recently found this bottle (picture supplied) at a carboot sale in Wales. Can anyone give me any info on the date, purpose, value etc. It is approx. 9" tall, 3" at the shoulder tapering to 2-1/2" at the base. Its color is a greenish, but almost amber. The rim is irregular and seems to have been applied. The bottle has ridges running vertically up all sides. (not deep ridges, almost as if they happened in the process of making the bottle rather than in the design.) I think I detect a small pontil mark on t he base, but it might just be a defect in the manufacture. Any help greatly appreciated.

Barnie

 

[barnie]

Thanks for the info, Diggerjeff. It has no embossing or markings as I can see. Anyone know how to date it without these.

Barnie

 

[Oldtimer]

Barnie, please post a pic. of the bottom. Ya never know...

 

[barnie]

Photo of the bottom

 

[Oldtimer]

Nope, no pontil I can see. Still a nice window bottle.

 

[IRISH]

Not many of the gin's with those lines down the sides have pontil marks, the top on that is called a "pig snout" here, the slightly older flare lip gins almost always have a pontil mark.
Your bottle probably dates around 1880 to 1900, nice bottles to dig but unfortunatly very common.

 

[Harry Pristis]

I think this case bottle dates pretty late -- say 1900-1910.

For a discussion of the nature of the striations on the sides of these case bottles, go to

http://members.aol.com/pristis/Beehive.html

------------Harry Pristis