Featured Ancient Roman Memento Mori Cups

Here's a few pieces of Ancient Roman 'Memento Mori'. A 1st century BC - 1st century AD lead glazed drinking cup.
Top cup-Altes Museum, Berlin.
PS-Found these fascinating (& beautiful). NOTE- Sadly I own neither ! I asked Elon for a donation,haven't heard back yet.

 

People had a very pragmatic approach to death in earlier times.

 

Too true MOS-they saw it so regularly.Family members washed and laid out in the parlor,then often buried on the property.
PS-Striking thing about the first ceramic cup is it reminds me of 18th-19th century Majolica. If i saw it at a estate sale or flea market i wouldn't guess it was ancient Roman.

 

I LOVE THESE. Ooooh that first one especially. The style is amazing.

 

First ones a stunner-it's 2K years old but really gives me an eccentric Victorian vibe, weird.Maybe it's just me ?

 

Wow! Thanks for sharing. I would’ve had no idea those were Roman, especially the first one.

It seems a little ironic that a drinking vessel decorated with skeletons is lined with lead.

 

True Sedona,the ancient Romans were probably riddled with lead,then buried in lead !

 

Wow very cool. Thanks for showing us. Iam in the same boat (especially regarding the 1st cup)I would have never guessed. Not by a very long shot! I often wonder what it must feel like just to hold items in your hands with so much age and history. There’s so many amazing items in the world..

 

The earliest iteration of tin-glazed earthenware i found is this 'Dish with bird, in Islamic-derived style, Orvieto, c. 1270–1330 (Victoria and Albert Museum)'. This was after a very quick Wiki search-so obviously this Roman piece isn't considered true Majolica (?).
PS-I'm def no 'Pottie'.
Here's a pic of this Orvieto piece-