Port wine bottle – (Unknown Artist/Maker (German, 18Th Century)) ◄ Previous Next ►

Artist: Unknown Artist/Maker (German, 18Th Century)

Date: 1900

Museum: Museu do Douro (Peso Da Régua, Portugal)

Technique: Glass

Port wine glass bottle with stretched body and thinner neck more suitable for storage in wine cellars.Handmade bottles were produced between the 17th and 19th centuries. Before labels were used, the bottles were marked with lime, chalk or ink and a few specimens have engravings with the owners