Use of very large bottle?

Chris

This discussion was created from comments split from: Please ID this bottle.

boo7267272

Does anyone know what this huge bottle/jar was used for? It is. W.C.CO. And has L23 on the neck...thanks!

Chris

In general, large bottles like this (frequently called demijohns) were used for bulk transport of liquids.

See also this discussion thread which addresses this specific bottle:
https://forum.antiquebottles-glass.com/discussion/comment/1894/