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Your Price: $ 18.30
Item Number: 18770
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We offer for sale here a unique and eye-appealing three piece barware set made in Nordlingen, Bavaria. The bottle, whether once holding liqueur, or some type of brandy stands 7 inches tall without the cork and wooden stopper. Stone encases the entire front and back of the bottle except for the litho print of the city, at the center front. Printed underneath the scene is Nordlingen, Und Seine Geschichte which translates to Nordlingen And Its History. Under the base in raised lettering is printed the #0351, a triangle shape, and the #5.
More than 15 million years ago, a meteorite at least one-half mile in diameter, impacted an area in Bavaria, north of the Danube. Silicon in the sandstone quartz was propelled out of the impact zone along with thousands of tons of minute graphite particles. The cooled down minerals formed a new stone and glass blend called
textites.
The city of Nordlingen, founded in 75 A.D. was built around this meteorite landing area. Buildings were constructed with this quarried textite stone and many artisans made use of this frothy look stone in their creations.
The whiskey glasses stand 2 inches high, with a 1 1/2 inch opening across the top. Both glasses also have the stone treatment except for a smooth drinking area extending ½ inch down from the rim, and each glass has a different litho print of the village of Nordlingen.
Nordlingen’s fascinating history and this three piece barware set will certainly get those conversational juices flowing. The only note we make is of scuffing and loss of color to the litho on the bottle, but over-all this is a fine condition unusual collectible. |
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