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Small cup
    • Setting:
      Room VIII
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      Tuscany
    • Date:
      17th cent.
    • Materials:
      glass
    • Dimensions:
      height 210 mm
    • Inventory:
      80
    • Small cup (Inv. 80)

Small cup consisting of a thin square foot that rises and widens, ending in a small vase. Its exact purpose in the Accademia del Cimento's experimentation program has not been established.