Super Crude, bubbly Case gin

[Bixel]

I picked this case gin up the other night, simply for the reason it is the crudest, most bubbly one I have ever seen. FILLed with small bubbles, and also some pieces of pot stone, it is one cool bottle. Has a super crude top, and an odd base. Base simply has a dimple in the bottom, and the base is uneven. Any info as far as age, rarety, value, etc is appreciated!

 

[Bixel]

Showing how bubbly it is....

 

[Bixel]

Odd base

 

[TJSJHART]

i don't know squat about that kind of bottle , but as crude as it is you might think they wouldn't even use a bottle that came out in this condition...nice find.

 

[CanYaDigIt]

Nice bottle. Super common shape, but not commonly that crude. It reminds me of Eastern American glass. The finish is odd too. I know Red Mathews has a large collection of gins and may be able to offer you some more specific info on that particular bottle. Very nice find.

 

[RED Matthews]

Hi and thanks CanYaDigIt and Insulators Rule! That is a unique Case Gin. It is hard to date such a bottle because the Case Gins had been made and shipped all over the world for no doubt a hundred years before they started making them in America. I am sure it is an early production effort in America or Canada. The glass doesn't even match the glass European characteristics; it is more like a Keene NH glass.

I could detect no mold marks so it was obviously blown and marver plate and paddle formed to the straight panel sides. The finish doesn't even match any that I have. It is an applied ring for cork pressure safety. The bottom was obviously flattened and placed on a plain or a hot glass coated iron punty.

It is well worth some close study, and it would fit well in my collection. I have been studying them for a good 16 + years and even wrote a review that got published in the Netherlands "DE OUDE FLESCH CLUBBLAD" in June of 1979. I would like to get my hands on, it for some study. I see that you are located in Ontario Canada. I go to the upstate finger lakes area in New York during the summer months. It might even be worth a trip up to your area to see it.

Many thanks for posting it. I would like to see a few more pictures. Like an angular shot of the shoulders and the finish, a straight on shot of the bottom, and maybe a sequential shot of all four side panels - in sequence. RED Matthews

 

[glass man]

WOW! TALK ABOUT BUBBLES! JAMIE

 

[RED Matthews]

Hello again. I looked at the pictures again just now and estimate the bottle to be about 9-1.2" tall, The base about 2-3/4" square. Shoulder square size ? maybe 3-1/2". The neck and finish height. ?
RED Matthews

 

[Bixel]

Bottle is about 8 3/4" tall, and base is 2" square. Shoulder width is 2 7/8".

What exactly is meant by neck and finish height. The height from the shoulders to the top of the bottle?

 

[cyberdigger]

It was probably designed for use on board boats.. even full of gin, if it fell in the drink it would probably float.. [8|]