Alcoholic and Non-alcoholic Beverage Packaging
Different types of bottles for alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks make up the largest part of the Collection. During the first four decades of the 20th Century bottles were made of ceramic material and the items that stand out are the commemorative liqueur bottles in the shape of books. Glass bottles for different drinks have been preserved because of the resistance of the material itself. The quality and design of bottles during the interwar period was already at a high level, which can be seen in the examples of liqueur bottles from the Pokorny, Arko and Patria Factories in Zagreb which have exquisitely designed labels. Secondarily they were used for storing drinks after World War II owing to a lack of packaging and factories bottling other products. By the end of the 1950s and 1960s, as a result of technological development and the employing of a graphic designer, the design of bottles for alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks gained importance in communication with customers.