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A very rare "Spelerijers" box from Walcheren in Zeeland with six original numbered glasses.

175 €


A travelling drinking box. Long 16 cm. Wide 11 cm. High 6,5 cm. The metal and green painted box contains six original numbered glasses. The box and the glasses in good condition with signs of use. On sunny sunday afternoons people from Walcheren in Zeeland used to travel the island with a horse driven wagon. On the way they became thirsty, hence the box. Not only were few of them made, survival of one is exceptional. Each member of the participants had his own individual numbered glass.   

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