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VI. Explanation of an antique Bacchanalian Cup, by the Rev. Stephen Weston, B.D. F.R.S. and F.A.S. In a Letter to the Marquis Townshend of Raynham, and Earl of Leicester, President

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

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Extract

I exhibit to your Lordship, and the Society, an antique Bacchanalian Cup, with figures in relief on it, which I will endeavour to explain.

The figures on this circular Cup of glazed pottery (Pl. X.) represent the constant flux and reflux of animated beings, arriving and departing, advancing and retiring, originating from water, and refreshed by wine.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1814

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