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At this point Harland is
probably salivating. Seva
sent me this photo for MBL,
he says “Here is a neat
bottle from Sabena airlines with Douglas Laing whisky.
Should make a nice addition to the library. If you ever
happen to come across this one please let me know. I'd
love to add it to my collection.” So would the rest of us
Seva! Anyone know how old this bottle is?

KLM issued this
new Bols Delft
House in
October, #94 in
the series. This is
Oudheidkamer Museum, Den
Burg but at present I know
nothing else. I have also not
yet obtained it so please let
me know if you see it for sale.

Whilst on the subject of Delft
pieces, the plate on the right
is one of a set of at least 5
issued by Rynbende. I had
very small photos of these in
Miniature Bottle Library early on but
removed them. The site I got them
off has all sorts of Rynbende
pieces, as well as minis, and, as I did not come across these
anywhere else, I assumed that they were not minis. This bottle
turned up on Ebay recently and as you can see, it was made for
Farley SA, of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It contains 50cm³ (50ml) of
Crème de Cacao. It sold for US$19.49 – VERY cheap for such a rare
bottle from a highly collectable company. Even the definitive
Rynbende sites on the Web do not show a decent photo of this
bottle.

Sticking with Delft, and indeed, KLM (Koninklijke Luchtvaart
Maatschappij – try pronouncing that if you aren’t Dutch!), I came
across a couple of unusual building bottles recently, and am picturing

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