20090120

Glass, metal, wood, straw, cane


Did I miss anything in the title?

20090112

11 comments:

Conchscooter said...

Shrubbery!

Julie said...

Is it cane or is it raffia. What about the paper on the label?

Julie said...

aha ... the bamboo slats ... or were you classifying that as cane? And said cane is wound together with wire which is made from steel not from metal. Tenuous? okay okay ...

brattcat said...

Your photos are wonderful!

Baron's Life said...

Now we're talking
Good shot

Anonymous said...

Hi Z

Could be bouded reeds straws or thin bamboo rods.
Your pictures are documents from the past.
The green glas is for making fruits durable in boiled water.
The white bottle is for spirits.
The green bottle is for sterilized apple juce.
Down the exhaust pipe ther is a big vat for heat water.

wellingtonia

claude said...

I do not think so excepted shadow and sun. Nice photo. It looks kile a painting.

Tash said...

Just an old fashined collection. I remember the straw covered bottles from when I was a kid in Yugoslavia - is it for Chianti?

Chica, Cienna, and Cali said...

this would make such a beautiful postcard........if i sound like a gushing fool, please ignore it, but i am loving the new collection here.....

Greg said...

The straw basket that many chiantis come in is called a fiasco, btw. ;-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiasco_(bottle)

Z said...

Conch: You're right!

Julie: I think you answered your own question. BTW, steel is a type of metal, so I'm sticking with metal.

Brattcat: Thanks!

Baron: Thank you!

Wellingtonia: Cane covers the category of all grasses as far as my dictionary says, so reed straw or bamboo is included. :-)

Claude: You're right, sun and shadow.

Tash: That would have been my guess too, but I'm no expert on all the uses of such bottles.

Moi: Gush away! :-D

Greg: Thanks for the information. I had no idea. My OED says that the word in English usage comes from exactly what you say, but that the reason for it is unexplained. Of course, you also know the use of the word Harass in CH to mean a bottle crate.