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These vintage French demijohns have are the most beautiful green and look great in many spaces. Tuck in a corner, style in a bookshelf or on top of an armoire or cabinet, side table styling, wine room, porch and patio. Drape decorator beads or these monks beads over them, place on top of a pedestal or in a large lantern and voila…you have the perfect anchor for a vignette . And did I say vintage and French? Oh, and wine was involved somewhere at sometime, too! If you didn’t know, demijohns are wine bottles, and the vintage ones are just gorgeous, but they still make and use them today primarily in France and Italy. When I lived in Italy, we would get our “weekly” table wine by going to the nearest vineyard, and filling up our demijohn (about this size). If you didn’t drink it in a week, it would leave a ring or it would go to waste. So, we were obligated to drink it. 😀 The very large demijohns were too heavy or cumbersome to carry (even the small ones) so many had a protective but pretty carrier/case like wicker, which you do not find today. Today, they have plastic ones ..and I don’t see those every being antique and collectible. Just sayin’. The Italian demijohns are widely recognizable…they have a distinguishable green and style. The French ones have a lot more character and color, and they come in a variety of shapes. The ovals are my faves. If you see a demijohn with a top that looks broken, fear not. These are the OLD ones and that is how the glass maker would cut it. There is a lot of historic significances and makers marks to look for in these wine bottles, but mostly they are just (dare I say again) beautiful!