London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman · leaf 603
ver, should not be made too large;because, in that case, it could not be easily laid hold of. Fig. 229. is an Italian publicans bottle (Wirthsflasche), whichis used for drinking out of in the Terra Felice, in the territoryof Naples. It is like the preceding one, except in the longneck, which is to… … no particular pretensions to beauty ; and, without expecting elegance, we admire, at most, the fitness of the form, which unite mtesseveral purposes at once in itself. Figs. 232. and 234. are travelling and drinking glasses for spi-rituous liquors, which are used by pedestrians. The form…
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