Posted 9 years ago
Jwh1721
(1 item)
Hand blown, round bottom, does not stand up, cork top, green color. Found in Coney Island, circa 1900 building demo project. Never seen one before. Please contact me with your knowledge: John: cmsnj at comcast dot net. Thank you
"A fiasco (/f??æsko?/; Italian pronunciation: [?fjasko]) is a typical Italian style of bottle, usually with a round body and bottom, partially or completely covered with a close-fitting straw basket.
The basket is typically made of sala, a swamp weed, sun-dried and blanched with sulfur. The basket provides protection during transportation and handling, and also a flat base for the container. Thus the glass bottle can have a round bottom, which is much simpler to make by glass blowing.
Fiaschi can be efficiently packed for transport, with the necks of upturned bottles safely tucked into the spaces between the baskets of upright ones."
Looks like wine to me.