Etsy sellers/Potters Jason and Jane Chischilly created a series of mugs based on “rhyton” drinking vessels, which were apparently common in ancient Persia. It seems ancient Persians weren’t concerned with putting their drink down.
A rhyton (plural rhytons or, following the Greek plural, rhyta) is a container from which fluids were intended to be drunk, or else poured in some ceremony such as libation (.libation (Σπονδή spondee in Greek) is a ritual pouring of a drink as an offering to a god or deity).
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Thanks to the included suction cup, you can take the Tub Mug into the shower with you and enjoy a frosty beer flavored with a hint of shampoo. Now all we need is some sort of waterproof sandwich holder and we can live in the shower full-time.
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There have been several milk and cookie mug designs in the past, but this version applies the concept to soup by giving the mug a little sidecar for your crackers. Never settle for soggy crackers again.
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QMx sent me one of their new Battlestar Galactica Top Gun steins for review, and there’s not to say beyond the fact that I absolutely love it. I have a lot of beer glasses and steins, but this is my new favorite.
Not only is it a 1:1 scale replica of the BSG screen-used prop (Scar episode), its also incredibly well made. It’s kiln fired ceramic with a metal lid that has a nice, solid heft to it. Definitely a vessel for ace drinkers.
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This Hot Rod mug looks like its tearing ass all over the place when, in reality, it’s keeping your coffee piping hot while tethered to your cars 12v outlet.
Features include an analog temperature gauge, LED power indicator, chrome accents and your choice of candy apple read or midnight glossy black colors.
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When filled with a hot liquid, blood splatter will miraculously appear on this Dexter mug. It’s perfect for anyone that murders a cup of coffee in the morning.
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It’s your fifth year on board the Death Star. You’ve watched Darth Vader Force choke more officers than you can count. Your buddies have all received field promotions. Don’t worry. You can drown your sorrows and drink out of this simple, but classy, black ceramic mug. It’s emblazoned with the red Imperial logo and seeing it is sure to give your team spirit a boost after each sip.
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This epic R2-D2 mug has been difficult to find in the states, but you can score it from Strapya World for $26.90 plus around $13 to get it shipped from Japan.
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When humans wanted to have a drink 14,500 years ago, they couldn’t just grab a Dixie cup – so what was the next best solution? Apparently back then it involved fashioning mugs from human skulls. A team led by paleontologist Silvia Bello of the Natural History Museum in London unearthed bones in southwestern England proving to be the oldest known examples of drinking cups or containers.
Bello and her colleagues report in a paper published online Feb. 16 in PLoS ONE. Prehistoric cave denizens cleaned the skulls before using stone tools to shape the upper parts of the brain cases into containers, the researchers say.
Bello suspects that ice age Britons hoisted hollowed-out craniums in rituals of some kind. Other human bones found near the skull cups show signs of flesh and marrow removal, a result either of cannibalism or mortuary practice. The striking similarities between the cave finds and historical examples of drinking cups made out of skulls further support a ritual role for the ice age receptacles, Bello says.
Apparently two French sites also reportedly contained these bizarre mugs, believed to be between 15,000 and 12,000 years old, although they have not been directly dated.
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This mug outlines the Espresso and milk measurements for the perfect Caffe Latte. All you have to do now is figure out how to create the perfect espresso shot so you’re not drinking a cup full of bitter.
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