Swedish post horn
Object Details
- Description
- During the nineteenth century, post riders used this Swedish post horn to announce the arrival of the mail.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1800-1899
- Object number
- 0.052985.254
- Type
- Employee Gear
- Medium
- brass
- Dimensions
- Height x Width x Depth: 2 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 9 in. (6.99 x 13.97 x 22.86 cm)
- Place
- SWEDEN (constitutional monarchy)
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- International Postal Operations
- Record ID
- npm_0.052985.254
- Usage
- CC0
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