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Set of 6 Swiss Alpine Club tumblers in white box.

Accession Number

874.2010.1

Object Name

Set of 6 Swiss Alpine Club tumblers in white box.

Created

12/11/2010

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

12/11/2010

Brief Description

Six glass tumblers with Swiss Alpine Club badge on front in white cardboard box.

Materials

glass

Dimensions

7(diameter) x 8 (h) cms

Number Of Objects

Set of 6

Inscription Description

Red shield with white cross and chamois head above. Also letters "SAC CAS"
On box " VELTLINER - BECHER 1 DL RASTAL CHUR"

Provenance

Founder member of the Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection, Mick Tighe, is a British and International Mountain Guide and worked for many summers in the Central European Alps. It's common for alpinistes and mountain guides to use mountain huts as a base when climbing the high alpine peaks and Mick made a habit of taking a miniature bottle of whisky and a packet of shortbread to each hut as a wee present for the hut warden.
Having done this on one occasion in Switzerland he asked the hut warden the following day if he could buy a glass with the Swiss logo/flag on it as a souvenir. He was not allowed to buy one - he was given six instead!

Acquisition Method

Donated by Mick Tighe

Acquisition Date

12/11/2010

Condition Check Date

12/11/2010

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

12/11/2010

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