[Kraków] Milk bottle from the Łuczanowice estate (231)

A milk bottle from the Łuczanowice estate. Clear glass bottle. Height: 17.5 cm. The glass bears an inscription in black paint: PAROWA MLECZARNIA DÓBR ŁUCZANOWICE KRAKÓW. The neck has one chip on the inside, about 1 cm long, on the rim. There is a second chip on the outside, about 0.5 cm long. Inside the inscription is the Dołęga coat of arms of the Mycielski family of Kraków. The Mycielski family used the Dołęga coat of arms in the Łuczanowska line, specifically the count’s variant, where an eagle’s wing pierced by an arrow is placed directly beneath the count’s crown. The inscription in black paint is a great rarity compared to the embossed inscriptions typically used. The inscription is preserved in very good condition. The bottle comes from a dairy complex built in 1897 by Count Władysław Mycielski. A photograph of the bottle was featured in an advertisement for the Łuczanowskie Estate dairy in *Nowości Ilustrowane* (Illustrated News), Issue No. 45, 1905.