Dark green leaning bottle

[Scotiaspinner]

I think this might be pre-1900 but forgive me if I am wrong and I will repost in the other section.
This bottle is a lovely dark green colour. There are lots of bubbles in the glass and the surface is uneven in areas (see photo 2).
The bottle is 4 sided and has a sort of textured area on the shoulders. I can see a seam, but only on the arched area of the shoulders. It doesn't go up to the lip and it doesn't go down to the rest of the bottle. (note pic 5)
The base is concave in the middle and it rests on the 4 corners (photo 3). It has a significant lean as I hope you will see in the pics, esp pic 1. The top seems to be somewhat messily applied (see pic 4).
Any ideas about what this bottle might have been used for or where it came from, or value?
It's one of my favourites of the bottles I have found on my farm so far.
Thanks,
Claire

 

[Scotiaspinner]

forgot to mention, 9.5 inches tall.

 

[cyberdigger]

That's a nice looking bottle! It's called a case gin.. it contained gin, of all things.. probably made in Holland or Europe somewhere, dates to late 1800's.

 

[Scotiaspinner]

Yay! I got the age right! I must have learned something in the past week from all of you and the reading that I've been doing!
Now I can look up case gin bottles and learn some more.
Thanks for the response!

 

[canada]

Pretty bottle. Case gins have always been one of my favourite bottles, they are often crudely made, & come in a variety of colours & sizes. Not worth much moneywise, as most are very common. Gin, being inexpensive, was consumed in large amounts by the working people of the world.
Case gins were handblown,at least in Europe up to around 1920.
Hope you find more interesting bottles, good luck...

Dave

 

[RED Matthews]

Hello /Scotiaspinner; That is a neat Case Gin. It was obviously blown in a dip mold that formed the four side panels and the bottom. The two part shoulder mold seam shows in the fifth picture. This tells me that is a later bottle because the European Governments forced the shape and capacity controls for tax purposes on the Gin. The finish is an applied straight taper with some extra glass showing under the tooled finish. This is often referred to as sloppy glass. It was left there because it didn't matter to the drinker.
Good find. RED Matthews

 

[junkyard jack]

Very nice looking bottle.

 

[rockbot]

Nice specimen of a some what common gin. I am quite fond of them.
Here is a few local gins from my area.