Fuddling Cup

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CultureGerman or English

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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

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

CERAMICS

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.
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