Loving cup
{{short description|Shared drinking container traditionally used at weddings and banquets}}
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A loving cup is a large cup with two arching handles.{{Cite web |title=Loving cup {{!}} British, Nottingham (Derbyshire) |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/746095 |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=The Metropolitan Museum of Art |language=en}} It can describe a shared drinking container traditionally used at Christian lovefeasts,{{cite book |last=Tovey |first=Phillip |title=The Theory and Practice of Extended Communion |date=24 February 2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317014201|pages=40–49}} as well as at weddings and banquets, often made of silver. Loving cups are also given as trophies to winners of games or competitions.{{Cite web |title=Loving cup {{!}} Ceremonial, Silver, Pewter {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/loving-cup |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}
History
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Loving cups found in several Christian denominations that practice the lovefeast, including the Schwarzenau Brethren, Moravians, and Methodists.
In addition, loving cups are found in the Celtic quaich and the French {{lang|fr|coupe de mariage}}.{{Cite web | title=Loving Cup Ceremony |url=http://www.celebrateintimateweddings.com/lovingcup.html |access-date=2009-03-23 |website=CelebrateIntimateWeddings.com}}{{Cite web |title=What Is a Loving Cup? |url=https://www.acsilver.co.uk/shop/pc/History-of-the-Loving-Cup-d330.htm |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=AC Silver |language=en}}
The Russian bratina ("fraternity cup" or "brotherhood cup") is a wine bowl also used for banquets. It is considered the "Russian version of the loving cup".{{Cite book |last=Peter Andrews |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xBMsAQAAMAAJ |title=The Rulers of Russia |publisher=Stonehenge |year=1983 |isbn=978-0-86706-051-5 |page=50 |quote=Another exceptional vessel was the bratina. This Russian version of the loving cup, or toasting bowl, was passed from person to person, uniting all who drank from it in etemal brotherhood.}} It is often without handles.
See also
- Lovespoon
- The Emperor, a chamber pot now used as a loving cup
References
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