Old Bottle 9 cm, Unicum by Zwack J & Co

Description

old original
empty embossed glass bottle
brown lookalike but from the green glass
on the side of the bottle there is e
mbossed
text in two rows:
Zwack J & Co
Unicum
near the bottom of the bottleneck maybe is written:
0.10 (my assumption 1 dl = 10 cl = 0.10 lit)
some things are unknown to me:
- period of production
- country of production:
Hungary or Italy
my assumption: Italy between 1950 and 1980
item conditions:
very dusty bottle; cleaned but with many stains;
there are some small and not so small damages of the glass;
on the top edges and around the bottom of the bottleneck;
bottle dimensions:
height: around 90 mm / 9 cm / 3.5 inch
bottom diameter: around 25 mm / 2.5 cm / 1 inch
greatest
diameter: around 65 mm / 6.5 cm / 2.5 inch
top
diameter: around 20 mm / 2 cm / 0.8 inch
weight: around 0.168 kg / 168 gramme / around 0.37 lbs
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About The Unicum drink and brand
UNICUM spirit
manufacturer: Zwack J & Co (ZWACK J. es TARSAI)
Unicum is a Hungarian herbal bitter liqueur, drunk as a digestif and aperitif.
Unicum is regarded as one of the national drinks of Hungary.
The liqueur is today produced by Zwack according to a 200 year old secret formula of more than forty herbs.
During Communism in Hungary, the Zwack family lived in exile in New York City and Chicago (USA), and Unicum in Hungary was produced using a different formula.
Before moving to the USA Janos Zwack had entrusted a family friend in Milan (Italy) with the production of Unicum based on the original recipe.
After the fall of communism, Peter Zwack returned to Hungary and resumed production of the original Unicum.
There are three different varieties (Unicum, and Unicum Plum and Unicum Next re-branded as "Zwack").
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