stirrup cup

Finally, he says, “Would you like a cup of tea or something?”

And he himself brought her the golden-brown bouillon, in a dainty Sevres cup, with a flaky cracker or two on the saucer.

She thrust a bare, white arm from the curtain which shielded her open door, and received the cup from his hands.

A quite young child will, for example, pretend to do something, as to take an empty cup and carry out the semblance of drinking.

His pacing had brought him to the opposite end of the board, where stood the cup of wine madame had poured for Marius.

She gave him his cup of tea, with the same gesture that had charmed Nigel on the day when he first visited her.