The pictured examples both have smooth bases no pontil scar , crudely applied single part "packer" type finishes formed from crudely tooled glass which was laid around the cracked-off neck end , and were blown in the same two-piece hinge mold indicated by the straight mold seam dissecting the base.
Earlier examples of the flasks blown in this same mold have blowpipe pontil scars and usually a simple cracked off and fire polished finish with no additional glass applied like the GI-2 flask just above. Click on the following links for several more pictures of the aqua flask: reverse view with George Washington embossing ; base view with dissecting mold seam. There are many embossing variations with additional items like the one pictured which has a Masonic-like compass below the clasped hands; others have makers marks incorporated into the pattern.
Though variable, the reverse side of these flasks usually have a flying eagle with a ribbon banner in its beak pictured in the next section on calabash bottles. These type of flasks were made in quart, pint, and half-pint sizes. As these flasks date from the later end of the figured flask era primarily s , they are infrequently pontil scarred, and when pontiled they are usually an iron pontil.
As noted, the embossing does include a Masonic type compass and is included within the Masonic flask group as GIV These bottles were made by A.
Samuels of Philadelphia, PA. This particular bottle has a blowpipe pontil scar and was blown in a two-piece post-bottom mold. This is about as late as pontil rods were generally used on bottles but shows that they indeed did see use well into the s on some items. Click on the following links for several more pictures of this bottles: reverse view , base view with pontil scar , side view , neck and finish close-up.
Calabash bottles Calabash bottles are large, gourd or pear shaped bottles sometimes called flasks also which were quite popular during the mid 19th century, i.
The origin of this distinctive bottle shape is attributed to Philadelphia mold maker Philip Doflein who reportedly created the first calabash bottle mold in the s WheatonArts website - www. Calabash bottles are referred to as "quart" size, but usually held around 1. Most calabash bottles were blown in two-piece post-bottom molds, can be found with various pontil scars or with smooth non-pontiled domed bases, and virtually always have some type of applied finish - usually a brandy, bead, oil, or blob finish.
Unlike most other groups of figured flasks, calabash bottles were not apparently made with straight sheared or cracked-off finishes. Barnum for a series of performances in and Click on the following links for more pictures of this calabash bottle: reverse side with glass works embossing , base with pontil scar. It dates from the mid to late s. Click on the following links for several more pictures of this bottle: base view with pontil scar , side view , neck and finish close-up.
Agriculture, Commerce, and Transportation theme flasks This is another broad class of figured flasks that include embossing and motifs that deal with U. These flasks are a mixed lot with little physical commonality except that they are flasks and made during the figured flask period of to A couple flasks within this category are shown for examples representing the earlier and later ends of the period. The pictured flask was likely first produced about and has the same embossing pattern on both sides.
Click on the following links for more pictures of this very crude flask: base view showing the pontil scar , side view showing the vertical ribs , close-up view of the shoulder and neck.
The reverse side has the Baltimore Monument embossed with the word " Baltimore. Click on the following links to view more pictures of this flask: base view , reverse view with Baltimore Monument , side view , close-up view of shoulder, neck, and finish. Other Figured Flasks This category of figured flasks covers the flasks that do not fit into the previous categories. These flasks are also a mixed lot with little physical commonality except that they are flasks and made during the figured flask period.
This flask has a smooth base, an applied finish that is a cross between a packer and patent finish type, and was blown in a two-piece key mold. Click on the following links for more pictures of this flask: reverse side view , base view , close-up of shoulder, neck, and finish. These popular flasks played on the excitement of the gold rush to Colorado, which was then part of Kansas-Nebraska.
Given that fact, we know that none of these flasks pre-dates which is confirmed by the majority being smooth based; pontils scars are known but very uncommon in these type flasks. See the "Flasks not considered figured " section below for a large assortment of other type liquor flasks, including this flask.
Return to the top of this page. Cylinder Styles. These types of bottles vary in size and design substantially, but all share the fact that they are round when looking straight on at the base.
The following bottles represent some of the more common shapes of cylindrical liquor bottle progressing in general from oldest to newest.
As with all the bottle types described on this site, there is almost endless variations on any shape theme so a user should not get too caught up in subtle details, though admittedly some subtle details can be very diagnostic; these are noted where possible. It is also embossed H. Click Rickett's base for a close-up picture of the pontil scar and some of the embossing.
This particular bottle has the early version of the applied mineral finish with the relatively short upper part which was common during the s to s era on Rickett's and similar bottles. This particular bottle was thought to have been made for a John Fothergill of Kingthorpe Hall, near Pickering, Yorkshire, England although firm documentation is lacking and it is possible that these bottles were blown for an American customer since several including this example have been located in the U.
Burton Note: This particular bottle is the one illustrated in Burton's monumental work " Antique Sealed Bottles - ", page The company name is embossed very faintly on the base of this bottle - click NEGBCo base marking to view a picture of the base. The center of the base has a sand pontil mark that is typical of the era.
Like its English counterpart, this bottle was also made in a three-piece Rickett's type mold though very similar types were also free-blown and produced in dip molds. This bottle also has the early variation of an applied mineral finish, even though the crudity makes it somewhat difficult to determine exactly what the glassmaker was trying to achieve.
This type of bottle was also used for wine as well as the other noted products. It is English in origin, very dark olive green glass i. These bottles were certainly used for wine as well as spirits. Image courtesy of Glass Works Auctions.
It is referred to as "mallet" style as it resembles a mallet, I guess. It is also embossed with PATENT on the shoulder, was produced in a 3-piece mold, and has all the other characteristics of the one above except that it does not have a body blob seal and is dark olive amber "black glass" in color.
It is embossed on the base with the noted Rickett's embossing around a sand pontil scar ; it dates from the to era. Also see the section near the bottom of this page on chestnut flasks , which though not cylindrical, are one of the earliest styles for U. These type bottles were used for various spirits as well as other liquid products - medicines, wine, and about anything that could be poured.
Most have pontil scars, were made in three-piece Rickett's or dip molds, and have applied finishes. The bottle pictured the left was blown in a dip mold which is indicated by the textured surface to the bottle body below the shoulder and the smooth glossy glass surface at the shoulder and neck click photo to enlarge.
It has a crudely applied mineral finish with a bit taller upper portion as compared to the earlier bottles above , a faint sand pontil scar on the base, and likely dates from the s. Of interest on this bottle is a faint bluish cast to the apex of the moderately pushed-up base. These types of bottles were also mouth-blown in two and three-piece molds and later late 19th and early 20th centuries in turn-molds.
This general shape continued to be used for liquor bottles - particularly for foreign produced spirits - throughout the 20th century and is still used for some spirits today; many "single malt" Scotch bottles e. Similar bottles from the mid to late 20th century were also machine-made with external screw threads. Bottle maker catalogs of the early 20th century also offered many other variations of this same general shape i. Though used for a very wide period of time, bottles from different eras are usually easy to differentiate and comparatively date based on manufacturing related diagnostic features covered in other portions of this website.
After the s, black glass bottles like that pictured above largely disappeared and lighter greens, olive greens, shades of amber, and colorless glass dominated.
The finish on this bottle could be considered a variation of the mineral finish which was typically used for brandy and similar spirits even to the present day, as noted above. It is known that this particular bottle was found in a dump that was likely in use from some point after to the s, not prior to that time empirical observations. The company also is known to have continued in business until , though was likely incorporated beginning in Edmonson ; www. Add these informational tidbits together and we have a likely manufacturing date of about to - about as close as one can get without more extensive research, which may not refine the date further anyway.
This information was included here to show that bottle specific dating is a difficult, often messy, and rarely totally precise endeavor, and that all the information one can find must be considered together in arriving at a reasonable age estimate.
The following dating trends apply:. It has an applied mineral finish, lacks evidence of air venting commensurate with its age s , was made in a 3-piece mold, and often have iron pontil scars though this example does not. This style of tall 3-piece molded cylinder bottle was commonly manufactured and used between and about , with most appearing to date between the s and early s McKearin Most of these type bottles appear to have been made in a Rickett's type 3-piece mold which is discussed and described more on the Bottle Bases page.
Click on the following links to see different views of this bottle: base view showing the domed base center and relatively flattened round ring which surrounds the center a classic Rickett's mold base ; shoulder, neck and finish close-up view which shows the mineral finish common to these bottles. The combination of the mineral finish and the noted base attributes with the base ring frequently embossed with a glass makers name are defining elements of this cylinder "fifth" liquor bottle type compared to the similar variety discussed next.
As noted, this style was popular and blown by numerous eastern American glass houses up until about ; a majority are so marked on the base similar to the Dyottville bottle above, a company that was in business from to Toulouse Stoddard, N.
As the business dates show, all of these companies were active during the height of this bottle types popularity - the s and s. This style was typically produced with either a mineral finish like shown or towards the latter end of the date range the brandy finish which blends into the cylinder "fifth" style covered next.
The production in a three-piece mold leaves a diagnostic horizontal mold seam around the bottle at the junction of the body and shoulder. Many of these type bottles also have the word PATENT embossed on the shoulder though not the pictured examples which was apparently a purely stylistic feature harkening back to the original Rickett's English "patent" spirits bottles which also had PATENT embossed on the shoulder and is no reference to any particular patent in the U.
This type of bottle is often referred to as a "Patent cylinder fifth" or words to that effect by collectors. It has the original label indicating that it was used for brandy. It also has an applied mineral finish, was made in a 3-piece mold, lacks any evidence of air venting, and has a "smooth" non-pontil scarred base. Click on the following links for more images of this bottle: base view showing the embossing; close-up of the shoulder showing the three-piece mold seams but no PATENT ; close-up of the applied mineral finish.
The bottle pictured to the left could be considered a transitional bottle that dates from the same era, i. It was blown in a three-piece mold but has attributes of the later cylinder fifth's in that it is slightly taller and sports a straight brandy finish , in this case with internal threads.
These bottles most definitely held liquor as labeled examples have been observed by the author noting that they contained "Old Bourbon Whiskey.
Malmsey was an alternative name for the varietal grape known also as Malvasia. Those with PATENT embossed on the shoulder date from the s until at least to possibly as late as or based on research done on various Pittsburgh area glass factories - large producers of this style - by Jay Hawkins Hawkins The style typically have a mineral type finish and were made in a three-piece mold though some were two-piece molds.
Colors vary widely with shades of amber and olive being the most common by far. Pontiled versions almost always an iron pontil; rarely a sand other type pontil scar likely date from the Civil War or before with non-pontiled examples being from after that period into the s. The "Patent" style can be difficult to differentiate from the cylinder type discussed next, though there are usually enough subtle differences to the experienced eye to be of value for dating.
This general style of liquor bottle, along with some subtle variations like the rest of the cylinders discussed below , were most popular from the s through the s until National Prohibition in The illustration to the right is from a bottle makers catalog and shows three of their cylinder liquor bottles - "standard", "extra tall", and "short" cylinder moulds Illinois Glass Co.
The "standard" and "extra tall" cylinders are similar to the bottles pictured here. The "short cylinder mould" bottle on right in illustration is similar to the colorless faintly amethyst liquor fifth described below in this section.
A common name for this style is just the "standard fifth" or if embossed, a "lettered brandy" Illinois Glass Co. The above pictured shape and size "fifth" of spirits bottle was very popular in Western America, but was used throughout the country extensively. From the early to mid s through the rest of the 20th century this general tall, cylinder, long neck, style was made by automatic bottle machines i.
The two styles at the bottom of this cylinder section are more typical of the later types of cylinder liquor bottles from the s on. The colorless very slight amethyst tint , It has a "improved" tooled straight brandy finish click close-up of neck and finish to view such and was produced in a cup-bottom mold with three air venting marks on both the front and back shoulder indicating an early 20th century production.
Daniele Marx and Emil C. Jorgensen began their wholesale and retail liquor business about with Marx leaving the company in This bottle dates from just after that point, i. This date range is consistent with the fact that this particular bottle was found under the floor of an old store in Summit, OR. A slight variation of this style is slightly wider in the body as portrayed by the bottle pictured to the right of an amber Old Castle Whiskey "fifth" San Francisco, CA , which is closer to a quart in size.
Click on the following links to view additional pictures of this bottle - base view ; shoulder, neck, and finish. This bottle has a tooled inside thread finish "brandy finish" with internal threads and was made in a two-piece cup-bottom mold. It has the makers mark PCGW on the base indicating it was manufactured by the Pacific Coast Glass Works , which began business in , placing this bottles manufacturing between and about Toulouse Click HERE to view a close-up picture of this bottles hard rubber stopper which matches the threads inside the finish.
However, the following dating trends have been noted:. It should be noted also that this shape - in several sizes and usually in colorless or aqua glass - was also used for olive oil, vinegar, and a few other "food" products during the first few decades of the 20th century Zumwalt ; empirical observations.
This bottle has an improved-tooled straight brandy finish, has multiple air venting marks almost hidden with the shoulder design, and was blown in a two-piece cup-bottom mold - classic diagnostic features of a post mouth-blown bottle.
Click on the following links for more pictures of this bottle: base view ; shoulder, neck, and finish view. Many fluted shoulder liquor bottles have the more gentle slope to the shoulder like the pictured bottle, while other have the more abrupt shoulder like the cylinders discussed in the box above. This particular company noted in their advertising and bottle embossing that they " Neither Rectify Nor Compound" - a reflection of the ongoing battle just after passage of the Food and Drugs Act between "pure" whiskey producers and the "rectifiers" or "compounders" who blended their whiskey, often with a large proportion of neutral spirits and flavoring compounds.
Both were placed on an equal legal footing by the so-called "Taft Decision" of - a presidential decision that established "standards of identity" for various types of whiskey; many of which are still followed today Downard These bottles date from between and or so with most dating between about and This is one of several variations from this very large liquor company that did most of its business through the mail - often to the ever increasing numbers of "dry" states during the noted era.
The loophole in the law that allowed for their mail order business the vast majority of Hayner's business was made illegal with passage of the Webb-Kenyon Interstate Liquor Act of March which prohibited the shipping of liquor to dry states from "wet" ones, although enforcement of this law did not really occur until about Click on the following links to view more images of this bottle: base view showing the patent date; close-up of the brandy finish ; close-up of the embossing.
NOTE: Dr. Machine-made bottles with the embossing " Federal Law Forbids Sale or Re-use of this Bottle " were made between and the s. Note: Like with some of the other early 20th century liquor bottles, decorative shoulder type bottles were also used for sauces, olive oil, vinegar and other liquid to semi-liquid food products during the first few decades of the 20th century [Munsey ; Zumwalt ]. The pictured quart bottle is not embossed and was produced in a turn-mold as it has no side mold seams and fairly obvious horizontal concentric rings indicating its turn-mold heritage.
It has a tooled straight brandy finish and likely dates from Since it was produced in a turn-mold the evidence of air venting and the type of mold base plate are not physically in evidence. These type bottles were listed as "Squat Turn Mould Brandies" in the Illinois Glass Company catalogs of the early 20th century and were available in the pint and quart sizes Illinois Glass Co.
Click on the following links for more images of this bottle: base view ; shoulder, neck, and finish. It has a crudely applied brandy finish, was blown in a post-bottom mold, and has no evidence of mold air venting indicating an approximately manufacturing date between the mids and early s. The origin of this bottle is unknown although it is almost certainly from the East coast although Parole was a race horse of some note owned by tobacco king Peter Lorillard.
Parole placed 4th in the Kentucky Derby but then went on to some notable success in the late s primarily in Europe. In particular, Parole's victory over an English horse in caused a sensation back in the U. This rare bottle almost certainly dates from that period, i. Note: Although this bottle is very uncommon, it is presented here for a couple reasons: to show an earlier version of this style that is known to have held rye whiskey and, in particular, to show how one can squeeze out a more refined date range for a bottle with a little researching and a knowledge of relatively rarity.
Some date as early as the s and there was some limited popularity evident by the s and s. Those made from the s into the s usually have a tooled finish and were produced in a cup-bottom mold, with some being turn-molds like the pictured example.
Occasional mouth-blown examples of this type from the early 20th century are seen with a post-bottom mold conformation, e. Early 20th century glass catalogs noted this shape as available with external screw threads which would have been mouth-blown with a ground finish rim. Machine-made versions of this shape are somewhat unusual, but undoubtedly exist from the mid to late s on with the earlier ones up until the early s likely having cork closures with external screw threads more common after that time.
This bottle style first originated - and patented - by Thomas J. The inventor noted that the bottle has " This style was typically called a "malt whiskey" or "ring malt whiskey" by glass makers. Alternative names are not known although the "Belle of Bourbon" bottles were similar in conformation except for a somewhat longer neck and no ring at the neck base Illinois Glass Co. Earlier bottles are embossed with Baltimore, MD.
This particular bottle is an early machine-made product by a non-Owens machine, i. It is just over 10" tall, 3" in diameter, has mold air venting marks, and some crudeness associated with early machine manufacture. It likely dates from the s. Click front label to see such including their contemplating chemist trade mark; click reverse label to see the medicinal claims stated there.
The American Medical Association disagreed with the various health restoring claims made by the company noting that the "nostrum" was simply " Regardless of that, Duffy's was extremely popular well into the 20th century. The patent holder for the bottle style - Thomas J. He must have cleared up his financial problems as he went on to great success with this brand and eventually took over the H.
See the Medicinal Bottles typology page for more information on Warner's products. There were an assortment of competing products to the very popular Duffy Malt Whiskey although the author has observed far more Duffy Malt Whiskey bottles than all the competing products combined.
It shares the same shape as the Duffy's along with the "annular collar" at the base of the neck and was almost certainly used for malt whiskey, likely playing off the consumer recognition of the bottle shape to help sales. The earliest Duffy Malt Whiskey bottles do have true applied finishes; these likely date from the mid to late s.
The general style was produced until at least the early s but was not found after that point by the author in any bottle makers catalogs, although it is certainly possible they were produced later Owens-Illinois Glass Co.
The illustration to the right is from the Illinois Glass Company's catalog and shows two types of very similar liquor bottles that the company made at the time National Prohibition was just beginning in the U.
The bottle pictured to the left is a late mouth-blown example that has a tooled brandy finish, a slight amethyst tint from manganese dioxide as the glass decolorizer , multiple 6 air vent marks on the shoulder on both sides with more on the base, and was produced in a two-piece cup-bottom mold.
It likely dates from the early to mid s and is a very common shape mouth-blown and machine-made during the decade just prior to National Prohibition, i. Some are occasionally embossed on the body e.
Machine-made versions with a brandy or straight brandy cork finish date from the early to mid s overlapping with the mouth-blown versions through National Prohibition and into the s and s at least Fairmount Glass Works s; Lucas County Bottle Co. Machine-made external screw thread versions can date from about until the end of the 20th century. Those with the embossing " Federal Law Forbids Sale or Re-use of this Bottle " were made between and the s empirical observations. For more views of this bottle click the following links: base view ; shoulder, neck, and finish view.
Many liquor bottle molds made just prior to the law change continued to used for years since the cost of redoing the assortment of machine molds was expensive and not typically done simply to delete the previously required inscription. The base also has the number "2" on it which is the Federally required liquor bottle permit number for Thatcher Glass.
The other numbers on the base are as follows: the "D" is a distillers code for an unknown distillery; the "" is most likely a mold catalog number for Thatcher Glass ; the "8" is of unknown use, though is possibly a consecutive mold number code for the eighth blow mold on the machine that made these bottles; and the "L" to the left of the "D" code is of unknown meaning.
The example above - which was apparently made in - is a very late bottle made with that embossing. Like the cylinder liquor bottles above, there is a large array of liquor bottles that are square or rectangular in cross-section. These bottles varied in size and design substantially, but all share the fact that they are square or rectangular when looking straight on at the base.
The domestic versions were slightly more expensive to buy than the "imported colors" versions, which are thought to have been imported from Europe and sold by the Illinois Glass Company , though it is possible these were actually made by the company in the typical "imported colors," which undoubtedly meant some shade of olive green Illinois Glass Company , The example pictured above is typical of the shape with a distinct taper to the body, but with a flared finish which appears more common on the earlier pre case gins.
This example was produced in a dip-mold and dates from the midth century Shafer This bottle is not pontil scarred and was found in western Oregon in the context of Civil War era or shortly thereafter items which places it towards the end of the dip mold era s. It is possibly American made, though that is impossible to tell for sure. Although there are no mold seams in evidence body of this bottle there is a faintly embossed cross on the base of the bottle - sure proof of molding of some kind and in this case, surely a dip mold.
Click base embossed cross to view a picture of the embossing. Base embossed dip molded bottles are unusual though obviously occurring. The distinct taper to these type bottles helped facilitate removal from the dip mold. Click case gin shoulder close-up to view a close-up picture of the shoulder, neck, finish.
The large well over a quart case gin bottle pictured to the right was produced in the late 19th century i. The pictured example was found by the authors brother in Malaysia. However, Hoboken bottles are not uncommonly found on historic sites in the U. This particular bottle is of typical shape and proportions for a case gin, was produced in a two-piece cup-bottom mold, has a crudely applied "blob" finish, no evidence of air venting, and has a blob seal on the shoulder.
This bottle is an example of how American manufacturing based dating ranges can not be reliably used for foreign made bottles. If American made, a bottle with these diagnostic features except maybe for the cup-bottom mold feature would likely date from between the mids and mids. Click on the following links for more images of this bottle: base view ; side view ; close-up of the shoulder, neck, finish, and blob seal. One-part blob or oil finishes on mouth-blown case gin bottles are typical of items made from the s to about National Prohibition in the late s.
Examples of case gin bottles were found on the Zeewijk , a ship which sunk off the coast of Australia in Early case gin bottles were sometimes formed with paddles or square wooden blocks instead of a dip mold - possibly with a "shingle mold" Boow In the 19th century the taper seems to become more pronounced with the pictured examples being fairly typical, though some late 19th and early 20th century examples can have even more taper empirical observations.
Given the wide time span that this shape was used over years , manufacturing based diagnostic features must be used to help narrow down a date for these bottles. For example, European made mouth-blown bottles commonly had "true" applied finishes much later than American made bottle, i. As an example of this, the crudely applied oil finish pictured to the left is on a Dutch-made gin bottle that bears a label identifying it as having been made no earlier than when an elephant became the trademark for H.
Melchers - the Schiedam company that used this bottle Vermeulen ; Vermeulen pers. This bottle also has additional body crudity to it wavy bubble laden glass that would diagnostically place it from the s to mids if actually made in the U. Click the following links for more images of this Dutch gin bottle: base view cup-bottom mold produced ; view of the label and the trade mark elephant ; view of the embossing.
Photos courtesy of Ed Stephens. There are a couple morphological features of case gin bottles relative to the corners of the base that are more or less unique to the style and an almost positive identifying characteristic if one only has the fragmental base with the feature. The first is that many earlier s and prior free-blown or dip-molded like the example pictured to the above left case gins have distinctly "pointed" base corners. These bottles essentially sit only on the four small points of the base.
In addition, later s and later fully molded case gins have distinctly - though variably - beveled or flattened corners like shown in the image the right. Click base view to see another image of this same gin bottle base bottle dates from the era that shows this feature looking straight on at the base.
Few if any other square bottles have either of the described base features; both are quite indicative of a bottle used to contain gin though not all gin bottles have these features and most likely imported from continental Europe. One additional mold related feature essentially unique to European-made case gin bottles is a vertically corrugated texture to the body sides.
Photo courtesy of Glass Works Auctions. These are sometimes referred to by collectors as "shingle mold gins" due to the resemblance of the glass surface texture with that of wooden shingles. This body texture is primarily observed on later case gin bottles s on like the example to the left which was formed by a full sized closed mold which during the late 19th century was almost certainly made from iron or other metal. The vertically corrugated surface appears to have been purposefully formed on the inner mold surface for styling reasons as case gin bottles with this attribute are very common.
Although foreign made, bottles with this diagnostic feature were imported extensively into the U. This body texture feature is in the authors experience unique to case gin bottles; so much so that if a flat paneled fragment with that surface texture is found on a historic site it can be certainly attributed to being from an imported case gin bottle dating from the last half and probably last third of the 19th century to as late as the second decade of the 20th.
This general style and size of square bottle with a tall body and short neck was used primarily for various spirits and high alcohol medicinal products like bitters and sarsaparilla. In fact, this general shape was undoubtedly more commonly used for bitters, sarsaparilla, and other medicinal "tonic" products than for purely spirits - especially by the last quarter of the 19th century.
Finishes on these type bottles range widely but the most common were the oil like pictured and mineral finishes, with the double ring, brandy, and others used less commonly. Earlier versions s and before will have deeply domed bases and often various types of pontil scars; later versions s and after will have smooth non-pontiled scarred bases and are usually less domed i. Schiedam is a city in Holland near Rotterdam and was apparently just part of the proprietary name since this product was originally produced in New York and the bottles made in the U.
However, Wolfe's Aromatic Schnapps became a very popular "medicated gin" that was produced from the late s until well into the 20th century. Due to its popularity it was produced in various parts of the world with the bottles by at least the late s being blown overseas in addition to the U. Wolfe's bottles were produced in a wide variety of colors and sizes, though always apparently square. The pictured bottle is typical of square spirits bottles produced in the mid 19th century and has a crudely applied oil finish and a large grayish iron pontil mark on the base dating it to around Click on the following links to view more pictures of this bottle: base with iron pontil ; close-up of shoulder, neck, and finish ; side view of Schiedam embossing ; side view of Aromatic Schnapps.
Examples with pontil scars would date from the Civil War or before. Smooth non-pontiled examples with applied finishes would date from the s to early s; tooled finishes from about and after empirical observations. Similar bottles continued to be used for gin and other spirits well into the 20th century as shown in the Illinois Glass Company catalog the pictured bottles in this catalog were machine-made.
As noted, this style was also very popular for the packaging of bitters and other typically high alcohol medicinal products. This bottle has a tooled oil type finish with ample bubbles in the glass. Without embossing or labeling identifying the actual contents, it would be impossible to say what any given bottle like this actually held, though it is very likely to have been high in alcohol whatever it was.
As noted previously, the line between medicine and spirits is often blurry prior to the National Prohibition. This is still true today with the acknowledged health benefits of red wine and dark beers - in moderation of course. The pictured bottle is a typical, though slightly smaller than average, example of the style containing a pint i. It was made for the Louis Taussig Co. Upvote 11 Downvote 0. A standard case contains 12 ml bottles, for a total of 9 liters of wine.
Our practice is to list the number of cases made or imported into the United States, and we get that information directly from the producer or importer. Bottle size Equivalent fluid ounces Corresponds to 3 liters Fl.
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Bottles of liquor come in a range of sizes, with a typical full-size bottle holding This size of bottle will therefore contain just over 17 average shots. If you're drinking little mini-drinks like that, a bottle of whiskey will give you a whopping To recap, one full-sized ml bottle of whiskey equals: 25 one-ounce shots.
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