loving cup

noun

a large cup, as of silver, usually with two or more handles, given as a prize, award, token of esteem or affection, etc.
a wine cup, usually of large size with several handles, passed from one person to another, as at a farewell gathering.

loving cup

a large vessel, usually two-handled, out of which people drink in turn at a banquet
a similar cup awarded to the winner of a competition

First recorded in 1800–10

The bride-cup was the bowl or loving-cup in which the bridegroom pledged the bride, and she him.

Even at the present day, the loving-cup and decanters are handed to the right around the social board.

Better than this to have a foolish spendthrift blaze and the loving cup going round.

Silver loving cup for greatest originality of conception also goes to Miss Merriam and Mr. Lee, read the herald.

And forthwith the loving-cup—several of them, indeed, on each side of the tables—came slowly down with all the antique ceremony.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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