GENERAL DESCRIPTION
To "fuddle" means to make foolish by drink, and this novelty item assisted in that process. The drinker was challenged to empty the three compartments simultaneously without spilling any liquid. Although it appears impossible to drink without leaking the cup's contents, the three sections are connected by holes in their joining walls, which allows all liquids to drain to the compartment from which one is drinking. The word “fuddling” carries a double-meaning—to both confuse and intoxicate, and this cup delivers both.
Adapted from
Charles Venable, DMA unpublished material, Label text [1992.B.220], 1993.
NOTES
- changed provenance to comply with Guidelines and Procedures for Provenance display
- fun fact source: Drinking games, Winterthur Museum Uncorked, http://uncorked.winterthur.org/consumption-equipage/drinking-games/, Accessed August 15, 2016.
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Until 1992: Collection of Faith P. Bybee, Houston Texas [1]
From 1992: Collection of the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, gift of Faith P. Bybee
[1] From 1986-1992 this object was on long-term loan to the DMA, according to a document entitled "Bybee Loan of English and Dutch Ceramics, August 8, 1986" found in the Collections Records Object File (1992.B.212)
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- Winterthur Museum~Read a blog post about drinking games and other "trick" drinking vessels like the fuddling cup.
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Since at least the 1600s, the word "fuddle" or "fuddled" has been a generic term to describe alcoholic beverages and the minds of those who drank too much.
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General Description
To "fuddle" means to make foolish by drink, and this novelty item assisted in that process. The drinker was challenged to empty the three compartments simultaneously without spilling any liquid. Although it appears impossible to drink without leaking the cup's contents, the three sections are connected by holes in their joining walls, which allows all liquids to drain to the compartment from which one is drinking. The word “fuddling” carries a double-meaning—to both confuse and intoxicate, and this cup delivers both.
Adapted from
Charles Venable, DMA unpublished material, Label text [1992.B.220], 1993.
Fun Facts
Since at least the 1600s, the word "fuddle" or "fuddled" has been a generic term to describe alcoholic beverages and the minds of those who drank too much.
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Winterthur Museum~Read a blog post about drinking games and other "trick" drinking vessels like the fuddling cup.
Notes
- changed provenance to comply with Guidelines and Procedures for Provenance display
- fun fact source: Drinking games, Winterthur Museum Uncorked, http://uncorked.winterthur.org/consumption-equipage/drinking-games/, Accessed August 15, 2016.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1992: Collection of Faith P. Bybee, Houston Texas [1]
From 1992: Collection of the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, gift of Faith P. Bybee
[1] From 1986-1992 this object was on long-term loan to the DMA, according to a document entitled "Bybee Loan of English and Dutch Ceramics, August 8, 1986" found in the Collections Records Object File (1992.B.212)
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