| DATE | 1690 - 1710 |
| AUTHOR | Unknown artist - Holland |
| MEDIA | Ceramic |
| SIZE | Unknown |
| LOCATION | Unknown |
| NOTES | This anatomically correct vessel has a lobed cup attached to the top rear section to allow filling. To enable liquids to be drunk, the vessel would have to be tipped downward (like a flask) and held away from the mouth. It is decorated with a blue-painted floral design, with the additional black to outline and emphasise the stylistic pattern and to emphasise the shape of the vessel. The tin-glazed drinking cup is the first of its type to be recovered from an archaeological context and the function and culture of such vessels remains poorly understood, although the tin-glazed industry produced a small range of forms such as fuddling cups and puzzle (or laughing) jugs, that would have been used in alcoholic drinking games in the Gentleman's clubs and taverns of Europe. |
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