Small vessels with two vertical handles and a thin upcurving spout near the bottom used for drinking posset and for feeding invalids. Typically made of ceramic or glass and sometimes having a cover. Formerly a term used in Britain for caudle cups or other ceramic cups with one or more vertical handles but no spout.
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cups, posset
glasses, posset
posset cups
posset glasses
posset-cups
posset-pots
pot, posset
pots, posset
12yrs ago
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