A two-handled silver cup. Incised image of a stylized angel head with wings above an oval shape containing the monogram “P I M.”
A silver cup with symmetrical handles, swirling raised designs and a small raised face on the upper half of the cup.
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William Gamble

Caudle Cup

Maker

William Gamble (English, active ca. 1688-1732)

Title

Caudle Cup

Year

1715-1716

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

silver

Geography

Place Made: London; Place Made: England

Dimensions

11.6 x 19.5 cm (4 9/16 x 7 11/16 inches) at handles

Signature / Inscription / Marks

IPM

Marks: Britannia / leopard head / G / B

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John Nightingale in memory of John Trowbridge Nightingale

Object Number

75.117.28

Type

Exhibition History

Trading Earth
Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce
Apr 09, 2022 – Aug 03, 2025

Label copy

Two handles on a vessel can help the drinker steady the contents during use or more easily hand it off to a fellow imbiber. Caudle was a warm beverage of wine or ale, eggs, bread, milk, and spices that was popular in the 1600s and 1700s in England and its colonies. 

Bottoms Up! Drinking Vessels from the Museum Collection
Aug 01, 2003 – Jul 31, 2004

Label copy

This cup was probably used to serve caudle or posset -- concoctions including warm ale or wine seasoned with spices and variously incorporating milk and bread or oatcakes -- popular in 17th and 18th century England and its colonies.

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

William Gamble (English, active ca. 1688-1732)
Caudle Cup, 1715-1716
Silver
11.6 x 19.5 cm (4 9/16 x 7 11/16 inches) at handles
Gift of Mrs. John Nightingale in memory of John Trowbridge Nightingale 75.117.28

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