Primary Description:
Colorless non-lead glass; mold-blown, cut, engraved, enameled. Tall bottle with eight flat sides; short, cylindrical neck, with polished rim, ground for a stopper; rounded shoulders with polished circular facets and stylized flowers; black enameled insects scattered on the facets and shoulders; polished flat faces with rounded tops on the sides, and flat panels with pointed tops at the corners; outlined with cut grooves on the top; enameled decoration of a nude fat man seated on a barrel, a fallen urn at his feet, holding a tazza filled with grapes; in the background, a masonry wall with plants growing from it, fruit trees at either side; on the sides and background, a landscape scene depicting picking grapes by two men while another man dumps grapes into a bucket; on the right, a hut with a man bringing grapes to a barrel where a man stomps on grapes and the juice flows out a spigot into a basin; two barrels in the background; on the center face, a town with towers; above, a coat of arms, with tied palm fronds below; inscription above; the bottom rim chamfered; polished, flat base with polished concave circular facet in the center, surrounded by oval facets and radial grooves, to suggest a flower.