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F. Slitine, Histoire du Verre L'Antiquité, Paris 2005, p. 151.
This beaker is double-walled, with the interior wall shorter in length and not reaching the base, thus allowing a small amount of liquid to remain when tipped up. F. Slitine (Histoire, op. cit.) suggests it was made like this as a visual trick.
F. Slitine, Histoire du Verre L'Antiquité, Paris 2005, p. 151.
This beaker is double-walled, with the interior wall shorter in length and not reaching the base, thus allowing a small amount of liquid to remain when tipped up. F. Slitine (Histoire, op. cit.) suggests it was made like this as a visual trick.