Fuddling cup

[3] In Archaeologia Cambrensis, a custom is described, a cup was placed on the head of the village belle and the challenge of the puzzle was to drink from the vessel in such a way that the beverage does not spill while the cup rested on the girl's head.

[5] Juliet Fleming noted, in Graffiti and the Writing Arts of Early Modern England, that a fuddling cup was a “toy machine” which was meant for entertainment, not for a practical purpose.

Many such cups had words inscribed on the side which showcased the fun nature of the game.

Fuddling cups were made from the mid-17th century to the late 18th in graffito slipware in two potteries in Somerset and in tin-glazed earthenware before that.

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