Drinking bottle (Porrón)

Spanish, probably Barcelona (Façon de Venise)

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This drinking vessel made in the Catalonia region was blown with a white-threaded filigrana decoration first developed in Murano. Its distinctively long-spouted, bottle shape is particular to Spain. Drinking from this vessel is tricky: the wine is poured from a distance directly into the drinker's mouth.

Drinking bottle (Porrón), Glass; blown, a retorti, Spanish, probably Barcelona (Façon de Venise)

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Drinking bottle (Porrón), Glass; blown, a retorti, Spanish, probably Barcelona (Façon de Venise)
Drinking bottle (Porrón), Glass; blown, a retorti, Spanish, probably Barcelona (Façon de Venise)
Drinking bottle (Porrón), Glass; blown, a retorti, Spanish, probably Barcelona (Façon de Venise)

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