Topic: set of 24 Karl Pfohl engraved Biedermeier pokals in Bowes museum

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I just came across this accidentally and I'm stunned.  One of these is fairly unusual.  24 as a set?  I guess that means they were made to be used.  Or at least to be displayed at place settings.

https://www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk/Portals/0/Graphics/Collections/Top%2020%20Ceramics/g-286-6.jpg?ver=2016-12-05-145823-827

https://www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk/Collection/Explore-The-Collection/By-Collection/Top-20-Ceramics#

Quote from Museum website:

'Artist / Maker: Karl Pfohl (1826-1894)
Place: Czechoslovakia
Object Type: glass
Actual Date: c.1855
Century: 19th century
Size: 17 cm.
Material: Glass
Museum accession number G.286.1

This set of twenty-four wine glasses is one of the highlights of the collection.  Each clear glass is coated in an amber stain overlaid with two oval raised panels.  One of these is engraved with the Bowes arms and motto; the other a figure of a horse, whose attitudes vary between four stances within the set. The art of cutting overlay glass involves an outer layer of stained glass being cut away to highlight clear glass underneath. This method developed rapidly in Bohemia in the 19th century. The bowl of each is approximately cylindrical with a round rim, supported by a cut stem with a knop. The whole is supported by a star cut foot with a scalloped edge, striped with amber; the remaining glass is cut flat.'