Sold for A$70
Belgian (Liège) Burgundy wine bottle, called a "bouteille voleuse" or "cheat bottle" because the high kick-up of about 80 mm which reduces the volume of wine in the bottle. . Black Glass. Black Glass. Bottle was made in an early turn and blow machine according to Willy Van den Bossche, Netherlands. Applied, ring seal. Black. 26 oz. 258 mm. 1870s-1880s
Excellent. (8.1). Small flake to the sheared upper lip. Some nibbles and fine flakes to inner lip are a remnant of manufacture. Fine open bubble to inner neck. Fine scuffed line around base edge. Some light scuffs and marks. Nice piece of early glass, I have a feeling with the snapped off lip that it may be earlier than suggested? Estimate: $100-150
