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  • Tin-founders and pewterers making jugs, drinking vessels etc. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Five ornate German drinking vessels. Engraving by F. Fairholt, 19th century, after himself.
  • Twenty two ancient drinking vessels from an exhibition. Wood-engraving, c. 1873, after J. T. Balcomb.
  • Old Calabar, Nigeria: local people gathering drinking water from a river, filling vessels and washing clothes (?). Photograph, 1910/1920.
  • A bacchanalian scene with Pan sleeping and many drinking vessels left on a table. Etching by F. van den Wyngaerde after P. Rubens, mid 17th century.
  • A red drinking vessel obscured by purple grids. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1970.
  • A bearded beggar dressed in a ragged cloak, holding a drinking vessel and a staff. Etching with engraving, possibly after J. Callot.
  • A naked man drinking from a large plate, surrounded by three pumpkins, a vessel and a peacock-feathered wand; representing the month August. Engraving.
  • Above, black lamp; below, drinking vessel with two handles, decorated with a winged figure holding an open box and an umbrella. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • A woman dressed in rags, possibly a beggar, standing barefoot on the ground, with her skirt hitched up, holding a staff and a drinking vessel. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
  • A silver drinking horn dating from the 14th century. Engraving by J. & H. S. Storer, 1821.
  • An ornamental label for "eau de Sedlitz". Engraving, 19th century.
  • A coffee plant (Coffea arabica), its flower and fruit segments bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.
  • A man leans over a seated woman who holds a glass and bottle in either hand. Mezzotint by J. Smith, 1702, after E. van Heemskerk.
  • A man leans over a seated woman who holds a glass and bottle in either hand. Mezzotint by J. Smith, 1702, after E. van Heemskerk.
  • A man with tankard in hand leans by a window. Mezzotint, early 19th century, after A. van Ostade.
  • A British sailor sitting contentedly with a tankard of ale. Aquatint with etching, c. 1781.
  • A woman sits drinking as a man sleeps with his head on the table beside her. Engraving by L. Duval, early 19th century, after a design by J. Wicar after G. Terburg.
  • Three men drinking in the light of a flame held by a boy. Aquatint by A. Bissell, c. 1800, after J. Trautmann.
  • A 14th century silver drinking horn with explanatory text. Wood-engraving, late 19th century.
  • A man sits looking glum and holding his pipe and beer jug. Etching by J. Nothnagel, 1772.
  • A French liqueur label illustrated with a beautiful maiden seated on an eagle's wing. Engraving by Portier, 19th century.
  • A Dutch country tavern with a drinker being given encouragement, a group by the fire and a serving man chalking up orders. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl, 1836, after D. Teniers.
  • A drunken street brawl between four young colporteurs and a man, with two accompanying couplets. Etching, 16th century (?).
  • An old woman with a tankard in one hand taking a pinch of snuff. Coloured engraving, early 19th century.
  • Oswald Beutelschmidt, an innkeeper holding a tankard and a dish of food. Engraving by J.F. Leonart, 1671.
  • An old woman with a tankard in one hand taking a pinch of snuff. Coloured engraving, early 19th century.
  • A lecherous old man leans over to a molest a woman who holds a bottle and drinking glass. Mezzotint by J. Smith, c. 1700, after A. van Ostade.
  • Six peasants carousing in a barn as a seventh man vomits in the corner. Etching by J. de Visscher, 17th century, after J. Danckerts.
  • A lecherous old man leans over to a molest a woman who holds a bottle and drinking glass. Mezzotint by J. Smith, c. 1700, after A. van Ostade.