Demijohn with burlap - 30l

Demijohn surrounded by burlap - 30l. Dimensions: h60 cm X l35 cm. By the way: The cultural cradle of these bottles is the city of damghan or dâmghân (دامغان) in persia, whose glassmakers made highly sought-after glass objects, including such bottles. Well placed on the silk road, between the levant and asia, the city's golden age is in the middle ages. This is how these bottles reach europe under names of the same name. The turks call them damacana, the arabs damagana. In occitan, the name becomes damajano, in catalan damajana, in french, in 1694, lady-jane at corneille. A lady-jeanne is a large thick glass canister with a very rounded shape and short neck. Indeed, the cylinder is a large and large bottle used for storage and transport: Wines, spirits, liqueurs, fruit macerated in the water of life; Food products (olive oils, nuts, vinegars, etc.); Chemicals (acids, oils). Flattened at the base, the body is ventru (very rounded, drop-shaped or elongated), topped by a short but relatively wide neck. They are usually made of thick glass, sometimes sandstone. The closure is ensured by a cork that is possibly covered with fabric. To secure transport, they are wrapped in wicker or braided rush (called the shirt or cleice) equipped or not with handles that can facilitate handling, and possibly they can be lined with foam or straw intended to cushion the shocks to avoid breaking the glass. Their capacity ranges from about five to more than 50 litres.