Date & Origin
England, c1860 period of Victoria
Condition
Excellent, age-related wear as shown. No chips cracks or restoration
Dimensions
Height: 8.5cm Diameter: 13.4cm.
Technical Description
An exceptional pair of glass finger bowls dating to 1860. Lipped rims with a band of large oval slice cuts below. The main bodies have thick pillar moulding designed to help keep the water cool. They were used to wash your fingers between courses and just as useful today as they were 150 years ago. These are high-quality examples.
Historical Relevance
The 'Pony Express' mail service used horseback riders in 157 Pony Express relay stations across the prairies, plains, deserts, and mountains of the Western United States to deliver messages between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts in about ten days. After only 1 year, in March 1861 after suffering large losses and not gaining the mail contract The Pony Express Company ceased trading.
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