thistle cups

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Scope note
Small cups indigenous to Scotland, with a bell-shaped bowl, the lower part of which is decorated with a calyx-type band of applied lobes giving them the appearance of a thistle; also includes a type of standing cup of which the bowl is in the form of a thistle, made in the 16th century.
thistle cups
Accepted term: 29-Apr-2024