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The Still Life Paintings of Willem Claesz Heda
Breakfast with crab (1648)
Still-life with olives (1634)
Still-life with stoneware flagon (1637)
Still-life with goblet (1635)
Breakfast Table with Blackberry Pie (1631)
Still-life with ham and rummer (1651)
Still Life with Pie, Silver Ewer and Crab (1658)
Still-life with pewter-ware (1636)
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Still-life with ham and rummer (1651)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.