Photo of Globe cup - Public domain dedication

Hercules, identifiable by the lion’s skin draped around his waist, carries a celestial globe on his shoulders. The mythological hero, who died on a funeral pyre and whose body was consumed by a thunderbolt cast by Jupiter, here symbolizes the element of Fire. The names and symbols of the other three elements – Air, Water and Earth – are given in the small escutcheons on the cup’s base.