Individual drinking vessels

ancient Greco-Roman drinking cup

legendary cup mentioned in the Iliad, or artifact claimed to be this cup

migration Period hoard

Hellenistic cameo cup

Thracian hoard

Vaphio, Vafio or Vapheio is an ancient site in Laconia, Greece, on the right bank of the Eurotas, some south of Sparta. It is famous for its tholos or beehive tomb, excavated in 1889 by Christos Tsountas. This consists of a walled approach, about long, leading to a vaulted chamber some in diameter, in the floor of which the actual grave was cut. The tomb suffered considerable damage in the decades following its excavation. During conservation work in 1962 the walls were restored to a height of about .

set of Roman tableware

14th century French cup in the British Museum

type of glass beaker originating in the Middle East or Norman Sicily and dating from the 10th-12th centuries AD

8th-century BCE wine cup

name vase of the laconian Arkesilas Painter

Attic white-ground kylix with the depiction of the god

gold cup from 1200 years BC

Late hellenistic or roman onyx cameo cup

early Thracian treasure

Iron Age grave goods found in Denmark

Kylix made by potter-painter Exekias; one of the most famous pieces of ancient Greek vase painting

bronze age vessel

The wine cup of Shah Jahan, the 5th Mughal emperor. (1657)

set of Renaissance-era silver-gilt cups

a medieval wood mazer bowl, held for many years at Nanteos Mansion (Aberystwythin, Wales)

dinner service by Wedgwood

gold goblet discovered in 1876 by Heinrich Schliemann

cup made of silver gilt that once belonged to the De Merode family

metalwork-vessels highlighted in The MET collection