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F. VOLPICH......AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.....JAN/13/10

F. VOLPICH / K. U. K. / HOF-LIEFERANT / TRIEST     BASE SMOOTH.

RICH RED BLACK GLASS QUART, (BEAUTIFUL COLOR! AND WHITTLED!) TOOLED SHEARED APPLIED RING LIP, 11 1/4" OR 286 MM. HIGH.

TRIEST WAS PART OF THE HABSBURG MONARCHY FROM 1382-1918. AS A PROSPEROUS SEAPORT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION, IT BECAME THE FOURTH LARGEST CITY OF THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE.  CIRCA 1870-80'S