This set of four bottles, with its combination of floral and figural ornament, is typical of the gilded and enameled decoration produced in Gujarat, India, in the 18th century. Although the ornament is Indian, the bottles themselves may be European, since the form is typical of Dutch and German mold-blown "case glasses" of the 17th and 18th centuries. The function of these brightly colored bottles is uncertain; perhaps they were intended to contain beverages or perfumed water.