A decorative glass container has clear boundary lines and good adhesion properties, and has a lower layer including a thick wall portion and a thin wall portion, a vapor-deposition layer patterned by a forming region and a non-forming region, and an overcoat layer made of a UV curable resin, on the upper part of the glass container in order. A method for manufacturing the decorative glass container, in which the forming region of the vapor-deposition layer is disposed on the upper part of the thick wall portion of the lower layer, the non-forming region of the vapor-deposition layer is disposed on the upper part of the thin wall portion of the lower layer, and a contact region is provided in which the lower layer and the overcoat layer are in direct contact with each other by way of the non-forming region of the vapor-deposition layer.