Featured Vtg Embossed Blue & White Flower Vase w Handles-need help identifying

Hello,

I have this vintage embossed blue & white flower vase w handles and no markings. Can someone please help me identify what type of vase this is, where it could have been produced, in what year, and is this a ceramic or pottery hand painted vase? I see no markings on this vase. Thanks very much.

 

Did you find this one on eBay France? Item #324687263435. Seller says 1960s Italy.

Debora

 

This one in Romania says German--it has an impressed mark, but the point is that we can't rely on listings. https://www.antic-shop.ro/antichitate/vaze/amfora-vaza-antica-portelan-handmade-germania

 

No, of course not. And especially when the seller says "handmade." But interestingly, the Romanian one has a stopper.

Debora

 

that most likely is a cork...making the item an oil bottle , likely.

 

The mark from the Romanian listing looks like a crown over a shield surrounded by a wreath. Not sure what's on the shield.

 

One on the internet was described as a wine bottle. OP hasn't given size so we don't know if that makes sene.

Debora

 

All the examples I found with this mark are wine decanters, and Italian after all. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/italian-casa-vinicola-gimignano-tiger-431457270

 

So likely a novelty wine bottle missing its stopper.

Debora


"Italian Casa Vinicola S Gimignano TIGER BOTTLE Red Wine Decanter Vintage Italy!! Details: Large Tiger Is Perched In A Tree, Licking His Chops, While His Belly Is Pooched Out. An Empty Fish Can Is Just Below.... A Great Piece For The Bar Decor or A Bottle Collection. This Charming Tiger Bottle Is Empty (the wine is gone), but It Is Full Of Character and Fun! Size: 11.5" Tall x 7" Wide! Original Label Is Intact And Reads: 'Red Wine S. Gimignana Product Of Italy - Bottled by Casa Vinicola Bardi Ubaldo Certaldo Italy' Bottom of Decanter Has A Raised Logo and Is Stamped: 'Made In Italy'"

 

I'm seeing that Bardi decanters were imported by Mission Cellars International of Los Angeles. No postal code so pre-1963. Wine was low quality "red wine" and undrinkable, of course.

Debora