A pair of ceramic traveler's water bottles from the late 19th century

Para ceramic water bottles for travelers from the late 19th century, with a lens-shaped form, featuring a white background and abstract decorations in shades of blue, ochre, and brown. They have a similar shape, despite having handles oriented differently. The tallest one has a glued edge at the base of the handle. The ornamentation is only on the outside of the flask, while the back of the bottle shows a shop label from Rapallo and a small chip at the base. Originates from central Italy.

These small terracotta bottles were specially designed for storing water or other liquids essential for quenching the thirst of pilgrims during their journey. Relatively small in size, lens-shaped, with the ability to be attached to a belt or carried on the shoulder using a cord wrapped around the flask and threaded through four loops or perforated sockets on the sides.

In this way, the basic traveler's tool was soon decorated and enriched with new shapes, both in terms of the plastic material from which the flask is made and its typology, leading to unique forms such as a hollow middle flask, which, equipped with a base, suggests more a decorative than functional purpose.

The decorations also include primitive graffiti with geometric or floral motifs, enamel coloring, or decoration that may be pictorial, following common patterns of the period, or, as in the most popular examples, abstract, as seen in bottles with abstract, almost freeform decoration, where we might think that the decorator simply had colors available for use or finishing.

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