[H]20.6cm __[L]5.8cm __[W]5.8cm __[Th] __[Diam]Lip: 2.3cm
A complete glass case bottle with a rounded-corner square cross-section, tapering from the shoulder to the base. The bottle has sloped-down shoulders connecting to a short cylindrical neck and a one-part finish with a down-tooled lip. The bottom of the lip appears to not be symmetrical around the bottle. It has a flat indentation base with a protruding flat circle that is centered within the square base. Beside the edge of the circle, in line with each corner, are four smaller protruding circles. The bottle is a dark green coloured glass and is free-formed. It appears more transluscent near of the top of body and more opaque near the base and finish. There appears to be some residue on the interior of the bottle, and the exterior surface appears to have some bubble in the glass and a slightly textured surface.
Case bottles were generally created with green glass and had flat, tapered bodies and square or rectangular cross-sections. Their form suggests that they were created this way to be packed and transported in crates or boxes more efficiently than cylindrical bottles. They generally contained gin or other spirits. The manufacturing and popularity of case bottles began and rose during the 17th to the 19th century in Europe and North America. The bottles were initially free-blown and squared with flat paddles, like the one featured in this exhibit, but were later blown using dip moulds in the 18th century.
