Storage vessels

thumb|Traditional oak barrels made by Chilean cooperage Tonelería Nacional 250px|thumbnail|right|Mackmyra Whisky|Mackmyra barrels at [[Häckeberga Castle]] thumb|Modern stainless steel casks and kegs outside the Tynemill|Castle Rock [[microbrewery in Nottingham, England]] thumb|Wooden wine barrel at an exhibition in Croatia

thumb|Silver amphora-rhyton with zoomorphic handles, , Vassil Bojkov Collection ([[Sofia, Bulgaria)]]

mythic artifact

container with a spout used for storing and pouring liquids

alt=Yeast extract in a jar.|thumb|A jar of yeast extract. thumb|Candy jar, by Christian Dorflinger, 1869–1880, glass, diameter: 12.1 cm, [[Cleveland Museum of Art (USA)]] thumb|Hexagonal jar decorated with flowers and birds, late 17th century, porcelain with overglaze enamels, height: 31.1 cm, diameter: 19.1 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)

thumb|Red-figure pottery|Red-figure hydria, BC, from [[Paestum; the vertical handle used for pouring is located on the opposite side (Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Louvre).]] thumb|Bronze hydria / kalpis with Siren (mythology)|siren handle attachment, BC, housed in the [[Vassil Bojkov Collection, Sofia, Bulgaria]] The hydria (; : hydriai) is a form of Greek pottery from between the late Geometric period (7th century BC) and the Hellenistic period (3rd century BC). The etymology of the word hydria was first noted when it was stamped on a hydria itself, its direct translat

An oenochoe, also spelled oinochoe (; from , oînos, "wine", and , khéō, , sense "wine pourer"; : oinochoai; Neo-Latin: oenochoë, : oenochoae; English : oenochoes or oinochoes), is a wine jug and a key form of ancient Greek pottery.

thumb|Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion

Glass vial containing the chrism for French coronations from 1131 to 1774

Bronze Age style of pottery

An olla is a ceramic jar, often unglazed, used for cooking stews or soups, for the storage of water or dry foods, or for other purposes like the irrigation of olive trees. Ollas have short wide necks and wider bellies, resembling beanpots or South Asian matki.