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To: SunkenCiv
Perhaps someone can explain the purpose of a cup with a hemispheric bottom.

Rather difficult to set down on a flat surface...

11 posted on 02/21/2023 5:59:25 PM PST by marktwain
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To: marktwain

I believe that shape was useful for parties or drinking contests or such events. You can’t put your cup down. You have to drink the contents to get if off your hands, so to speak.


13 posted on 02/21/2023 6:07:25 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (“You want it one way, but it's the other way”)
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To: marktwain

A rounded bottom container like that is set into a nest shaped basket.


14 posted on 02/21/2023 6:14:03 PM PST by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: marktwain

It looks as if on the very bottom it is cut off flat. Am I wrong??


19 posted on 02/21/2023 7:25:33 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: marktwain

Probably had a matching stand of wood....long rotted away....................


26 posted on 02/22/2023 6:03:34 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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