Posset Pot
Designer: George Ravenscroft (English | British, 1632-1681)
Manufacturer: Savoy Glasshouse (English | British)
Date: about 1676-1678
Dimensions:
H: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); Rim Diam: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)
Medium: Colorless lead glass; mold-blown, applied, stamped with seal.
Place of Origin: London, England
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1960.3
Label Text:Small, cylindrical cups or “pots” were made for the consumption of posset, a drink consisting of sweetened milk curdled by the addition of ale or wine and thickened with breadcrumbs. Posset was usually served hot and sucked through the spout of this special vessel. This posset pot was produced by the glasshouse of George Ravenscroft (1618–1681), who obtained the first patent to produce lead glass (also called “flint glass”) in 1674. The cup is stamped with his raven’s head seal.
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