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Fuddling Cup

Fuddling Cup

Public Domain

Fuddling Cup
Maker
Maker
CultureGerman or English
Titles
  • Fuddling Cup
Datec. 1680–1700
Possible placeEngland
Probable placeGermany
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (faience or delftware)
Dimensions4 × 4 5/8 × 4 1/2 in. (10.2 × 11.7 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.59.91
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Murphy Room
Exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionA so-called fuddling cup was a type of trick drinking vessel employing apparently separate baluster-form elements that are actually connected to one another at the points where the bulbous forms touch, complicating any attempt to drain the contents without spilling.

Provenance[Ginsburg & Levy, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, December 4, 1959; given to MFAH, by 1966.
Exhibition History"Fill the Other Bowl, Boys!," Texarkana Historical Society, Texas, September 1–October 16, 1993.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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