Triplicate vase
ca. 1755
The form for this intricate shape was achieved by joining three mugs with slip at their attachment point and piercing them with connecting holes before firing. When in use, as one mug was emptied, the beverage from the other two flowed into it. In England, this form was called a fuddling cup, because the drinker would become fuddled, or confused, after draining three mugs of an alcoholic beverage.
Hard paste porcelain
4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm), height
19 1/2 in. (49.53 cm), girth
2 1/16 in. (5.24 cm), diameter
Gift of Martha and Henry Isaacson
69.175
Provenance: Collection of Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson, unknown purchase date until December 1969; gift from Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson to Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1969
Photo: Paul Macapia
