Manna Bottle

Bottle of the Manna of St. Nicholas

Beautiful and rare glass bottle, with a painted image of the Saint venerated in the well-known Apulian basilica in Bari; originally a bottle used as a container for the miraculous "manna", that is, for the liquid obtained from the exudation of the saint's bones; hand-painted decorations also on the other sides of the bottle, on the back the date 1790 is handwritten; measures approximately 19 cm (height).
(Private collection)