These vessels were often quite large and engraved, gilded, or elaborately enameled, and dated from approximately the 16th – 18th centuries in the areas of Germany and Bohemia.
A drinking bottle, the style dating from the early 14th century to the 17th century, with production sites centered in Germany, but also a few possible places in France.
Made for storing spirits, especially brandy, these bottles were made almost exclusively in Germany from the beginning of the 14th century all the way into the 17th century.