Fuddling cup or jolly boy

Description
This ten cup Donyatt fuddling cup or jolly boy is decorated with a yellow glaze with green mottling and slipped red fabric. The challenge is to drink from this vessel without spilling any of the contents. To do this the cups must be drunk from in a certain order.
Accession Loan No.
TTNCM : 4-16
Collection Class
Domestic & Social Life
Common Name
fuddling cup or jolly boy
Simple Name
cup
Period Classification
Post-Medieval (AD 1500-1800)
Production Town
Donyatt
Production County
Somerset
Production Country
England
Material
pottery, earthenware, lead glaze, slipware, Donyatt ware

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