An entire city of houses, mills, church spires, a river with boats and even a town wall, country estates and a fort: all this is meticulously portrayed on this römer. The engraving was executed with a diamond-tipped graver. This was often employed on glasses in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It was a difficult method, however. It requires considerable skill to draw on the small, curved surface, while the fragile material breaks easily under pressure. The anonymous artist who decorated this glass was clearly a competent and patient craftsman.
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