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Two Very Similar Gordon's Dry Gin Bottles.
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Front reads: GORDON'S DRY GIN.
One side reads: LONDON, and the other side: ENGLAND.
I've found a few of these and they all have the wolf's head symbol on the bottom.
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Bottom of Gordon's Dry Gin Bottle.
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The other bottom embossing varies on different bottles.
Both bottles show REGD 610617 on the back.
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No. On One Side of Same Bottle.
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The BayBottles.com web site (link below) says that number means the bottle dates to 1912 -1913.
The lips on these two bottles are different.
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Lips On Same Two Bottles.
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The lip on the greener bottle looks more crudely made. The lip of that one is applied over the neck, which makes a more narrow opening.
The BayBottles.com web site also provides the following information.
The initial Gordon’s Distillery dates back to 1769 in London and they began making a form of dry gin sometime after the advent of continuous distillation in the 1830’s.
Gordon & Company merged with Tanqueray in 1898 and it was around this time that listings for Gordon Dry Gin began to appear in U.S. newspaper advertisements. The first mention that I could find in a New York City newspaper were several advertisements for Macy’s, who listed Gordons Gin under the heading “Fine Wines for Medicinal Use.”
