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Description: | A copper alloy toy of Medieval to Post Medieval date. The toy is formed by 5 miniature, hollow cups or cauldrons, the central cup slightly bigger than those on the outside. The 4 outside cups all have projections which could be mimicking handles. Each of the vessels has a slightly flared rim and a curved body. On the base of the middle cup one leg remains and two appear to have broken off.For similar on the Portable Antiquities Database see: LVPL-5D8BF7, YORYM-4769D5, SWYOR-6C64B4. Below see extracts for further information on the objects.LVPL-5D8BF7: The reason for creating a triplicate example is unclear; vessels known as 'fuddling' vessels have been recorded as full size ceramics and were produced from the 17th century in the 'country pottery' tradition as novelty or joke pieces - created to befuddle. These 'fuddling cups' were vessels with three or more small cups with interlinked handles and joined together through a small hole in the walls. The idea was to drink from one without spilling the contents of the others. Although cooking vessels (which these miniature cauldrons were copies of) have no 'fuddling' parallel, it seems that this miniature is some sort of novelty piece. A very similar 'fuddling cup' was recorded under SWYOR-6C64B4. None of these vessels (of either size) have been reported from the City of London yet which suggests that these 'fuddling cups' (original as well as miniature) seem to have been a rural joke. (pers. comm. Geoff Egan).YORYM-4769D5: While life-sized ceramic triple cups are found in the Roman period they have no handles and are of a distinctly Roman form. The vessels in the current example are of a clear medieval form as seen in individual examples in Egan (2005) p.113 & 114.The reason for creating a triplicate example is unclear though they may have been intended to mimic 'fuddling' vessels. Fuddling cups are full size ceramic vessels which were produced as novelty or joke pieces which were formed from three or more small cups with interlinked handles and joined together through a small hole in the walls. The idea was to drink from one without spilling the contents of the others. Although cooking vessels (which these miniature cauldrons were copies of) have no 'fuddling' parallel, it seems that this miniature is some sort of novelty pieceDimensions: Length - 27.57mm, Width- 26.18mm, Thickness- 14.83mm, Weight- 16.2g
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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