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Dice glass

anoniemca. 1580 - ca. 1590

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Instead of a foot, this glass has a mounted silver sphere containing a dice. The glass was used in a drinking game, in which it had to be emptied the number of times indicated on the dice. The engraving on the bowl was done with a diamondtipped stylus. It is one of the earliest instances of the use of this originally Venetian technique in the Netherlands.

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  • Title: Dice glass
  • Creator: anoniem
  • Date Created: ca. 1580 - ca. 1590
  • Physical Dimensions: glas
  • Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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