standing cup

noun

a tall decorative cup of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, having a raised cover.

A standing cup parcel-gilt of thirty-two ounces, eleven pounds seven shillings, the first of July.

He left £100 to dower poor maidens, and his best "standing cup" to his brethren, the Merchant Taylors.

He left to the Merchant Taylors his best standing cup, "in friendly remembrance of him for ever."

A fair, high-standing cup, and the two great 'postle spoons, one of them gilt.

A fair, high-standing cup, and two great postle spoons, one of them gilt.

April 23, 2024inveterate

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