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Society | June 3, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00

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Unique Golden Cup on Display in Bulgaria's History Museum

Bulgaria's National Museum of History has on display a unique gourd-shaped cup made of gold, a wedding present dated 1893 from the then PM Stefan Stambolov to Prince Ferdinand I. Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (novinite.com)

Unique gourd-shaped cup made of gold is among the exhibits at Bulgaria's National Museum of History.

The golden "gourd" was a wedding present from the then Bulgarian Prime Minister Stefan Stambolov to Bulgarian Prince Ferdinand I in 1893. The two top statesmen were fierce political rivals, although Stambolov had great impact upon the prince's official decisions.

Still Stambolov himself bought two golden cups of 325 g each and granted them to Ferdinand at the glorious wedding celebration, Florence 1893.

Bulgarian businessman Emil Hursev won the bid for one of the items at a Christie's auction 2002 in London. Hursev sent the cup to Bulgaria's National Museum of History in early 2003. I am looking forward to buy the other "golden gourd" when it comes out, Hursev told the museum's management.

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