Dice glass -- Dice glass
Dice were thrown and the player had to drink a glass of alcohol for every pip shown on the thrown dice.
Dice glasses without a foot but often with a silver mount were popular in the second half of the 16th century and throughout the 17th. The glass was used in a drinking game in which it had to be drained in one for the number of times shown on the dice. It was also known as a 'drink-up' - a glass that had to be placed on the table upside-down, preferably empty.
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