Date & Origin
England, c1840
Condition
Excellent, age-related wear as shown. No chips cracks or restoration
Dimensions
Height: 11cm Diameter: 14.2cm.
Technical Description
A superb and rare set of six Diamond Moulded wine glass rinsers dating to c1840. They have lips at either side of the bowl with polished pontils.
Stunning set
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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