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Still-life with ham and rummer (1651). The walls of the overturned beaker appear to be too thick for it to be made of silver so it is probably a pewter beaker with moulded decoration. Such decoration was not appreciated on English pewter but was very common on Continental examples. It should not be confused with the pewter wriggle-work of the later 17th century (click here to see a fine example of wriggle-work in the British Museum collection). To the left of the rummer glass is an unusual lidded vessel of unknown purpose. It appears to have the handle of, perhaps, a spoon poking out of it.
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