- Roman silver drinking cup, now in the British Museum, named after its first (modern) owner, Edward Perry Warren, who purchased it between 1892 and 1902.
- The cup was purchased by Edward Perry Warren in Rome 1911. As Warren was gay it has been suggested that the cup was made expressly for him.
- Throughout this week Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the ways in which people sought pleasure around the ...
- The cup is named after an American art collector E.P. Warren (1861-1928) who lived in England and acquired the cup shortly after it was discovered.
- The Warren Cup is a unique, silver, Roman cup from the beginning of the 1st century CE, which depicts two homoerotic scenes.
- The cup is named for Edward Perry “Ned” Warren, the American collector who purchased the cup in 1911. The Warren Cup has a page on Wikipedia, here...
- The Warren Silver Cup at the British Museum. The Warren Silver Cup is a most controversial item. It depicts pederasty in two scenes on both sides.
- The Warren Cup is a silver drinking cup decorated in relief with two images of male same-sex acts. It was purchased by the British Museum for 1.8 million pounds in...
- Today's episode focuses on the Warren Cup, a silver cup from the Roman Empire in the 1st century, which has artistic depictions of male/male sex on it.
- The Warren Cup reflects the customs and attitudes of this historical context, and provides us with an important insight into the culture that made and used it.