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Dice glass
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
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 diamond-tipped stylus. It is one of the earliest instances of the use of this originally Venetian technique in the Netherlands.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDice glass. c. 1580 - c. 1590. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
