Mercury Silvered Demijohn

A large aqua blown glass demijohn with applied tooled lip circa 1870.

Whether you like to call them, carboy or demijohn or jimmy john, they all refer to the same glass containers. Carboy originates from the Persian word; qarabah. Demijohn comes from the French; dame-Jeanne, or Lady Jane and derives from the 17th century and refers to any glass vessel, with a large body, capable of holding from 5 and 16 gallons of liquid, with a small neck and presumably encased in wicker. In England, demijohn refers to an imperial gallon...

Take your pick, carboy, demijohn or jimmyjohn, they all refer to the same glass vessel. Carboy's originate from the Persian word; qarabah, while demijohn comes courtesy of the French...

Important sculpture mercury bronze, after Giambologna, Measure: H 189 cm.

Early 1900 hundreds blown glass demijohn bottle, France. This huge outstanding vessel is tall and sturdy. It's large mouth allows the bottle to hold a l...

Monumental French hand blown glass demijohn or carboy with a rich, green glass color. Featuring a large neck with the glass nearly 1" thick where it was...