Dutch Gin Bottle with Four Tapering Sides c1800

Description

Heading : Dutch gin bottle with four tapering sides
Period : Willem II
Origin : England
Colour : Olive green
Date : 1780-1820
Origin : Holland
Colour : Olive green
Body : Case form with four tapering sides and an applied rim
Foot : Sand pontil
Glass Type : Lead free bottle glass
Size : 24.5cm tall and 7.6cm square at widest
Condition : Some internal residue as expected
Restoration : None
Weight : 516 grams

There is more to a gin bottle you than meets the eye. Jenever, Hollands, Dutch gin call it what you may was widely used as collateral in 18th century trade. The bottles were made to stack efficiently within the holds of ships. Gin, guns and cloth were the most frequently used barter goods for traders in Britain and Portugal.