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Containers > Drinking vessels > Loving cups

Preferred term

Loving cups  

Definition

  • Large vessels, passed among guests for shared drinking at a banquet or other festive gathering, having two (or three) vertical side handles; the body is usually semi-ovoid or vase-shaped and rests upon a spreading foot [Newman Silver]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cups, loving

Notation

  • 117281

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-FDPNB51D-3

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