ORIENT EXPRESS BAR CAR COASTERS SET

A STUNNING SET OF SIX ORIENT EXPRESS BAR CAR COASTERS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED FROM THE ON BOARD MODERN DAY VENICE SIMPLON-ORIENT EXPRESS BOUTIQUE GIFT SHOP.
 
THE PRINT ON THE COASTERS IS TAKEN FROM AN ORIGINAL PAINTING BY TERENCE CUNEO DEPICTING THE ARISTOCRATIC SOCIALIZING IN THE BAR CAR OF THE ORIGINAL ORIENT EXPRESS PROPABLY THE MOST FAMOUS TRAIN SERVICE ON EARTH.
 
THE ORIENT EXPRESS WAS A PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE CREATED IN 1883 BY THE BELGIAN COMPANY COMPAGNIE INTERNATIONALE DES WAGONS-LITS THAT OPERATED NIGHTLY BETWEEN PARIS AND BUCHAREST UNTIL 2009.
 
IT CREATED THE FRAMEWORK FOR VARIOUS BOOKS AND MOVIES MOST NOTABLY THE MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS WHICH IS A WORK OF DETECTIVE FICTION BY ENGLISH WRITER AGATHA CHRISTIE FEATURING THE BELGIAN DETECTIVE HERCULE POIROT.

SIZE COASTERS 11CM WIDE 9CM HIGH

CONDITION: IN GOOD CONDITION. IN ORIGINAL BOX.

VENICE SIMPLON-ORIENT EXPRESS:
THE VENICE SIMPLON-ORIENT-EXPRESS IS A PRIVATE LUXURY TRAIN SERVICE FROM LONDON TO VENICE AND OTHER EUROPEAN CITIES. IT IS CURRENTLY OWNED BY BELMOND. IN THE 1970S, AMERICAN JAMES SHERWOOD, BELMOND'S FOUNDER, BOUGHT SEVERAL DILAPIDATED CARRIAGES AT AN AUCTION. BY 1982, HE HAD LOCATED AND RESTORED TO THEIR FORMER GRANDEUR ENOUGH ORIGINAL CARRIAGES TO FORM THE VENICE SIMPLON-ORIENT EXPRESS THAT STILL OPERATES TODAY.
 
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