Empoli Champagne Fruit Basket Genie Bottle Decanter

Stunning Champagne PINK Empoli Glass Fruit Basket Decanter Bottle 21" ~ no chips cracks or breaks

It's Champagne Pink..NOT Apricot

LAST PICTURE IN LISTING SHOWS AN EXAMPLE OF THE DIFFERENCE IN COLOR

Empoli, as a municipality itself, slightly south-west of Florence, in the region of Tuscany, Italy. It's the somewhat forgotten region of the country when it comes to glass manufacturing, behind the well-known Murano or Venetian glass.

Glass making in the Empoli region of Italy actually has a long history of glass making

However, during the peak post-war period, decorative items produced in Empoli and the surrounding region were manufactured at an all-time high, bound for western international markets. Across the peak of the 1950s through the early 1970s, decorative decanters, vessels, vases and the like were exported and sold at various department stores in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, etc.

Catalogues for department stores and home styling magazines of the era can