GREEN FRATELLI FANCIULLACCI DECANTER WITH STOPPER

A bright green pop-era decanter and stopper with a latticework skirt of thick white and butterscotch 'icing' from the Brothers Fanciullacci of Florence, Italy.  The long slender neck rises from an ample bell-shaped reservoir to be topped with an egg-shaped stopper that fits loosely in the opening.  We're not sure if the attached cork is intended to fit loosely, or if it has shrunk over the years.  Either way, it could easily be replaced if you prefer a tighter fit. FRATELLI FANCIULLACCI (Fanciullacci Bros.) sprang from a family whose name has been tied to the ceramics industry since the 1700s.  According to the history of the world-famous Richard-Ginori porcelain company, the Fanciullacci family collaborated with that firm ever since the 1737 foundation of its factory in Sesto Fiorentino, a municipality of Florence.  Indeed the Fanciluaccis were so invested in the factory that, upon the death of founder Carlo Ginori in 1757, they tried to wrestle control from his son Lorenzo, then a mi