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The sudden appearance of elegant, single glass beakers in the eighteenth century may be explained by the custom of drinking water with a draft of thick, sweet, hot chocolate.
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Title: Woodland scene of bird-snaring
Date: ca. 1725
Culture: German, Nuremberg
Medium: Glass
Dimensions: Overall: 3 3/8 × 2 1/2 in. (8.6 × 6.4 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Munsey Fund, 1927
Object Number: 27.185.51
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