Footed Cup with handle: Scheuer
The shape of this drinking glass, with its forked handle, imitates that of more expensive cups of gold or silver. In metalwork, the protruding element was conceived as a thumb rest, allowing the drinker to steady the cup; the use of this same design for glass seems almost reckless. It is extraordinary that this fragile cup has survived.
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