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The term 'frilly-based tyg' is used in some English archaeological literature [3] to refer to a type of medieval and early post-medieval drinking mug or pitcher, usually wheel-thrown with a rounded belly and a straight or flared neck, which may have one or more handles. The 'frilly base' refers to the foot-ring of the mug, which after throwing ...
Pythagorean cup; Quaich. [3] Sake cup (ochoko) Stemware; Tazza; Teacup; Tiki mug; Trembleuse; Tumblers; Vitrolero; The word cup comes from Middle English cuppe, from Old English, from Late Latin cuppa, drinking vessel, perhaps variant of Latin cupa, tub, cask. [2] The first known use of the word cup is before the 12th century. [4]
The word "ciborium" was also used in classical Latin to describe such cups, [2] although the only example to have survived is in one of Horace's odes (2.7.21–22). [ 3 ] In medieval Latin, and in English, "Ciborium" more commonly refers to a covered container used in Roman Catholic , Anglican , Lutheran and related churches to store the ...
The English word "cup" has meant a drinking vessel since at least 1000 AD. [7] [8] The definition of a cup is fluid, and is likely to be wider in specialist areas such as archaeology than in modern common speech.
A tankard is a form of drinkware consisting of a large, roughly cylindrical, drinking cup with a single handle. In recent centuries tankards were typically made of silver or pewter, but can be made of other materials, for example glass, wood, pottery, or boiled leather. [1]
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Cross section of a Pythagorean cup being filled: at B, it is possible to drink all the liquid in the cup; but at C, the siphon effect causes the cup to drain. A Pythagorean cup looks like a normal drinking cup, except that the bowl has a central column in it, giving it a shape like a bundt pan. The central column of the bowl is positioned ...
A quaich / ˈ k w eɪ x /, archaically quaigh or quoich, is a special kind of shallow two-handled drinking cup or bowl of a type traditional in Scotland. It derives from the Scottish Gaelic cuach (Scottish Gaelic pronunciation:), meaning a cup.