Dice glass

That's odd ... it's a glass, a wine glass in fact, but it is upside down - the glass has no foot. Instead, it has a decorative silver sphere containing a silver die. This type of glass is known as a wager cup. When filled with wine it can only be put down once the contents have been drunk: the glass cannot stand upright. This particular wager cup is known as a dice glass. It is a product of seventeenth-century Dutch workmanship in the VenetianFaçon de VeniseFaçon de Venise is an abbreviation of the French phrase: '. la façon de Venise', in Venetian style. Venetian glassblowers gained widespread fame in the sixteenth century. They alone were able to produce colourless glass, renowned for its great delicacy. Over the centuries, Venetian glassblowers moved to Germany, France, England and Holland, where local artisans adopted their techniques. It is, therefore, often difficult to determine whether Venetian glassware is a genuine product of Venice or façon de Venise, in Venetian style. style.