Abstract: An apparatus for the preparation of a vessel having a handle, which includes an injection mold having a cavity for forming a handle having an endless holding portion and an endless attachment portion; an injection molding mechanism for injecting a resin for the handle into the cavity of the injection mold; a blow-forming or draw-blow-forming split mold having a parting surface that can be closed, cavity assembly which is arranged in the split mold plane-symmetrically with the parting surface and includes an inserting cavity for containing the handle therein, and a forming cavity which has a neck-forming cavity, a barrel-forming cavity, a closed bottom-forming cavity, a recess-forming cavity formed at a part of the barrel-forming cavity so that the diameter of a deepest part of the recess-forming cavity is substantially equal to or slightly larger than the diameter of the neck-forming cavity, a projection-forming cavity for forming a projection to project and extend through the attachment portion almost to the

Abstract: A synthetic resin bottle has a main body of synthetic resin molded in accordance with biaxial orientation. A handgrip is provided which has an attaching section surrounding a handgrip supporting portion of the main body, and a handgrip section extending outwardly and integrally from the attaching section. The handgrip is molded by means of injection molding to attach integrally to the body.