Drinking bottle (Porrón)
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.
Artwork Details
- Title: Drinking bottle (Porrón)
- Date: 18th century
- Culture: Spanish, probably Barcelona (Façon de Venise)
- Medium: Glass; blown, a retorti
- Dimensions: Confirmed: 11 × 11 1/4 × 6 3/4 in. (27.9 × 28.6 × 17.1 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1233
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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