Drinking bottle (Porrón)
Façon de Venise glassware refers to Venetian-style glassblowing techniques that were adopted in workshops throughout the European continent. Strong local variations appeared in Spain. For example, this drinking cup made in the Catalan region was blown with a white-threaded filigrana decoration first developed in Murano. Its distinctive long-spouted, bottle-like shape is particular to Spain. Drinking from this vessel type is tricky: the wine is poured from a distance directly into the drinker’s mouth.
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