RARE Imperial Russia Pre-1900s Antique Glass Bottle "Dairy A.V. Chichkina"

At the bottom of the bottle are the initials A. V. Chichkina.

Height: 8.6 inches. (22 cm.)

There are many air bubbles in the glass, as in those days glass was made by hand.

The bottle is in excellent condition without chips and cracks.

Alexander Chichkin was born in 1862 in the village of Koprino, Rybinsk district, Yaroslavl province, in the family of a pilot. With the assistance of the industrialist V. I. Blandova, he graduated from a real school, Petrovsky Agricultural Academy in 1886. After that 3 years interning at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. The young entrepreneur was the first in Moscow to open a specialized dairy store. Prior to that, Moscow stores only sold cheese, and the rest of the dairy products were sold on the street and markets, directly by its manufacturers. His business developed rapidly, and soon he engaged not only in the sale, but also in the processing of milk.

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