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We have had glass and ceramic Germanic boots, neither of which would be practical for wearing,
but how about the two leather boots (on the last page). Both of these appear to be climbing boots
and both can be seen with a variety of bottles inside. The brown boot is from Pertl of Germany, the
blue & red boot from Stroh of Austria. The latter can also be seen with a mini ice-axe attached to
the side.

Finally from Germany we have this little number from
Manfred Horth. I doubt that any worker in Christchurch
would be seen dead in these!

It is a short distance from Germany
to Italy but the boots change and,
clearly the Italians also wear shoes.
We will however, start with a bottle that could equally have been made in
Germany. This walking boot and hat is from Bassano, the company and
the town. Another Italian company, Pin Stefano, use the same mould as
Weisenbach (see above) to make a walking boot and hat mini.

The first of the glass boots above was made by an Italian
company, Cucchi, it contains Austrian Liqueur, and may have
been bottled in Cucchi’s German factory. EU anyone? The
second boot is from the same mould as the Cucci one. This
one is from Foccasio and contains strawberries (Fragola –
European not the much larger American strawberries) in
liqueur. This mould has been used by a number of Euopean
manufacturers and often they contain fruit in a liqueur or spirit.
Mazzetti is probably the most common make, at least in this
part of the world. Several Australian importers have their
names on caps of Mazzetti boot bottles. The final boot with fruit
(I’m a poet and didn’t know it!) is from Toschi and larger than
the others. Toschi is best known for the ceramics it produced
but they also made fruit/liqueur filled shot glasses as well as
the boot (or probably boots). To the left we have our final two Italian glass boots, until later that is.
The first is a Moon Boot with a clip top. These are a stock bottle that have been filled by various
companies, including some outside Italy. This one is from Bar Mimi and contains Limoncello,
hence the stick-on lemons. With a name like Bar Mimi thank goodness it did not contain Passion

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