Description
A beautiful small or miniature pointed bottom vase. This piece is made in the Greek style for transporting liquids. This piece is a fine bone china and made in England. It has a double handle and is all trimmed out in gold. It has a pretty courting couple on the front of the vase. It is 4" long and 2" across the handles. The top has a double gold ring. It is 1" across the top of the vase opening. no damage of any kind.
It was a gorgeous and remarkably efficient design.
Amphorae were mostly used for transportation of liquids. Being made of pottery, they were brittle and subject to cracking and breaking when roughly handled.
Flat-bottomed jugs have an edge where the bottom meets the wall of the jar. This is a weak spot subject to damage if dropped or bumped too hard. Many jars were broken before shippers learned that a narrow, but very thick bottom with no weak edges was subject to less breakage.
