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54-457: [REDACTED] Look up Cup in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Cup may refer to: The Cup (1999 film) , (also Phörpa ) a 1999 Tibetan-language comedy film about Tibetan monks and the 1998 World Cup Final The Cup (2011 film) , a 2011 biographical film about jockey Damien Oliver and the 2002 Melbourne Cup The Cup (book) ,

108-492: A luxury vehicle . A sizeable collection of high-priced artworks or antiques may be displayed, sometimes in multiple seasonally occupied residences located around the world. Privately owned aircraft and luxury yachts are movable status symbols that can be taken from one glamorous location to another; the " jet set " refers to wealthy individuals who travel by private jet and who frequent fashionable resorts. Status symbols are also used by persons of much more modest means. In

162-465: A 2009 non-fiction book about the 2002 Melbourne Cup The Cup (TV series) , a 2008 British television mockumentary about a junior association football team See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "the Cup" on Misplaced Pages. Cup (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with The Cup All pages with titles containing The Cup Topics referred to by

216-480: A cover and a boiled leather carrying case. It once had a triangular stand which has been lost. It weighs 1.935 kilos, so was perhaps used ceremonially rather than throughout meals. Practices in many religions around the world, including the Ancient Greek and Roman religions included libations , the pouring of a small amount of liquid onto an altar, image or just onto the ground. Some shapes of cup, such as

270-437: A cover, was an important prestige piece in medieval houses that could afford them, and often used as a "welcome cup", or for toasts. The form survives in modern sporting trophies , and in the chalices of church liturgy. The 15th-century silver Lacock Cup is a rare English secular survival. These were the sort of cup offered by cup-bearers , historically often an important office in courts. The English word "cup" has meant

324-703: A cup is brought in contact with the mouth for drinking, distinguishing it from other tableware and drinkware forms such as jugs . They also most typically have handles , though a beaker has no handle or stem, and small bowl shapes are very common in Asia. Cups of different styles may be used for different types of liquids or other foodstuffs (e.g. teacups and measuring cups), in different situations (e.g. at water stations or in ceremonies and rituals ), or for decoration . The history of cups goes back well into prehistory , initially mostly as handle-less beakers or bowls, and they have been found in most cultures across

378-459: A dozen distinct styles of cups for drinking beer , depending on the precise variety of beer. The idea that a certain beer should be served in a cup of a certain shape may have been promulgated more for marketing purposes, but there very well may be some basis in fact behind it. Wine glasses also come in different shapes, depending on the color and style of wine that is intended to be served in them. Status symbol The term "status symbol"

432-402: A drinking vessel since at least 1000 AD . The definition of a cup is fluid, and is likely to be wider in specialist areas such as archaeology than in modern common speech. As an example, Anna Wierzbicka (1984) notes that in the 1970s the "older generation" expected a cup to be made of porcelain and have both a handle and a saucer, so that the plastic cup with neither a handle, nor a saucer,

486-416: A long list of publications and a securely tenured position at a prestigious university or research institute are a mark of high status. It has been speculated that the earliest foods to be domesticated were luxury feast foods used to cement one's place as a "rich person". A uniform symbolizes membership in an organization, and may display additional insignia of rank, specialty, tenure and other details of

540-588: A new status. Dress codes may specify who ought to wear particular kinds or styles of clothing, and when and where specific items of clothing are displayed. The condition and appearance of one's body can be a status symbol. In times past, when most workers did physical labor outdoors under the sun and often had little food, being pale and fat was a status symbol, indicating wealth and prosperity (through having more than enough food and not having to do manual labor). Now that workers usually do less-physical work indoors and find little time for exercise, being tanned and thin

594-454: A receptacle, especially, for soup . Recipes have been published for cooking various dishes in cups in the microwave. Although mainly used for drinking, cups can also be used to store solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cupping therapy uses heated cups applied to the body to raise the skin, for which a variety of health benefits are claimed. In the Western world, this

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648-487: A status symbol (for example in Turkey in the early 1990s), but is less distinctive today, because of the spread of inexpensive mobile phones. Nonetheless Apple products such as iPhone are common status symbols among modern teenagers. A common type of modern status symbol is a prestigious luxury branded item, whether apparel or other type of a good. The brand name or logo is often prominently displayed, or featured as

702-424: A trade show, or a city might hand out cups with slogans promoting recycling. There are companies that provide the service of printing slogans on cups. While in theory, most cups are well suited to hold drinkable liquids, hot drinks like tea are generally served in either insulated cups or porcelain teacups . Metal and glass cups can use a double wall construction with a vacuum-sealed space in-between to reduce

756-607: A tree) with two flanges at the sides of an ovoid cup. These are also called "eared cups" (耳杯) and "winged goblets". A form with a flange on only one side appears in ancient Persian silver, and then later in Chinese porcelain , apparently gradually developing into a shape for brush-washers on the calligrapher's desk. Most ancient types of cup from the Americas were pottery, but around the Gulf of Mexico, Native American societies used

810-567: Is a type of elaborate wooden cup which was used by the Swedish nobility during the Renaissance . Drinking from a cup is a significant step on a baby's path to becoming a toddler ; it is recommended that children switch from bottles to cups between six months and one year of age. Sippy cups are typically used for this transition. Like other cups for children, these are normally plastic cups. Special cups for infants seem to date back to

864-496: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Cup A cup is an open-top vessel (container) used to hold liquids for drinking , typically with a flattened hemispherical shape, and often with a capacity of about 100–250 millilitres (3–8 US fl oz). Cups may be made of pottery (including porcelain ), glass , metal , wood , stone , polystyrene , plastic , lacquerware , or other materials. Normally,

918-495: Is more likely to be called a " glass "; therefore, while a flat-bottomed cup made of paper is a "paper cup", a transparent one of very similar shape, is likely to be called a " tumbler ", or one of many terms for glasses, instead. Penelope Stock, a lexicographer , stated that cups, mugs and glasses are "near- synonyms ", although "sufficient differences" can be found that divide them into different groups. Wierzbicka and Keith Allan (in his work "On Cup", 2020) compare definitions of

972-616: Is now the south-eastern US, traces of Yaupon tea containing caffeine have been found in pottery cups of an unusual shape: straight-sided, with a single thick spike as a handle near the top, opposite a slight pouring lip. In the Early Middle Ages glass remained in production in northern Europe, especially Germany, probably as a luxury material. Anglo-Saxon glass had several types of cup, most shared with continental areas, including "palm cups" with no flat bottom, claw beakers , glass horns, and different types of beaker. In

1026-594: Is often a status symbol in modern cultures. Dieting to reduce excess body fat is widely practiced in Western society, while some traditional societies still value obesity as a sign of prosperity. Development of muscles through exercise , previously disdained as a stigma of doing heavy manual labor , is now valued as a sign of personal achievement. Some groups, such as extreme bodybuilders and sumo wrestlers use special exercise and diet to "bulk up" into an impressive appearance. Ancient Central American Maya cultures artificially induced crosseyedness and flattened

1080-471: Is regarded as alternative medicine . Antimonial cups were made of antimony . If wine was kept in them for some hours, and then drunk, there was an emetic or laxative effect. Spa cups are special cups that are used to drink mineral or thermal water directly from a spring, developed in north-west Bohemia during the 17th century and are now part of Czech folklore . Chalices are sometimes used in heraldry, especially ecclesiastical heraldry . A Kronkåsa

1134-663: The Neolithic , some shaped like animals, apparently just to engage the child. Many trophies take the form of a decorated cup, generally in metal. In cases such as the FIFA World Cup and the Stanley Cup , the competition itself may grow to take on the name of the trophy that is awarded to the winner. Owing to the common usage of cup-shaped trophies as prizes for the winners, a large number of national and international competitions are called "cups". For large examples,

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1188-548: The Royal Gold Cup have been used for both religious and secular purposes over their history. The word "cup" is also used as a unit of capacity: the capacity of a "typical" cup, varying slightly from place to place; it is mostly used in recipes. The measuring cup , an adaptation of a simple cup, is a standard tool in cooking that has been in use at least as far back as Roman times . Apart from serving as drinking vessels, cups can be used as an alternative to bowls as

1242-584: The Soviet Union before the fall of the Berlin Wall , possession of American-style blue jeans or rock music recordings (even pirated or bootlegged copies) was an important status symbol among rebellious teenagers . In the 1990s, foreign cigarettes in China , where a pack of Marlboro could cost one day's salary for some workers, were seen as a status symbol. Mobile phone usage had been considered

1296-625: The Stone Age and have been found at archeological sites throughout the world. A large number of the earliest cups are excavated from burials, and may have held offerings or supplies for the afterlife. Cups do not feature strongly in the earliest pottery found in most areas; the wares were thick and heavy, as were the carved stone vessels found in several early cultures. Probably cups in organic materials that have now decomposed, such as wood, bamboo and dried gourds were widely used. Large shells and birds' eggs have been used in some areas almost up to

1350-546: The jue , has a large pouring lip, and may be regarded as a type of jug rather than a cup. In the Christian ritual of Communion , adherents drink from a cup of wine (or a wine substitute) to commemorate the Last Supper of Jesus . A chalice is often used for this purpose. Chalices are usually handleless metal cups on stems; originally such shapes were standard secular elite drinking cups, and many examples such as

1404-526: The kylix , kantharos , skyphos , lip cup , and the breast-shaped mastos with no base. The Roman Empire used cups throughout Europe, with "goblet"-type shapes with shortish stems, or none, preferred for luxury examples in silver, like the Warren Cup , or Roman glass , such as the Lycurgus Cup in color-changing glass, or the spectacular carved-glass cage cups . By the 2nd century AD even

1458-549: The plastic cup , in both disposable and permanent washable forms, and the paper cup , normally disposable. Materials such as processed bamboo have also come into use. Since cups have been an integral part of dining since time immemorial, they have become a valued part of human culture. Cups are used across a wide range of cultures and social classes . Historically, monarchs have been concerned about assassination via poisoning. To avoid this fate, they often used dedicated cups, with cup-bearers to guard them. A "divining cup"

1512-536: The rhyton is a cup that imitates their shape, to a greater or lesser degree, in metal or pottery. It was the general elite type of cup throughout the Mediterranean in the Iron Age , from Greece to Ancient Persia and beyond. Only some had feet or bases that allowed them to be rested on a flat surface. Large numbers were decorated with or as animal heads, or terminated in the figure of an animal. Other than

1566-567: The toga and its variants in ancient Rome , and to cotton in the Aztec Empire . Special colors, such as imperial yellow (in China) or royal purple (in ancient Rome) were reserved for royalty, with severe penalties for unauthorized display. Another common status symbol of the European medieval past was heraldry , a display of one's family name and history. Status symbols also indicate

1620-637: The European Middle Ages the shapes of most ordinary cups were closer to mugs , tankards , and goblets rather than modern cups, in wood, pottery, or sometimes boiled leather . But the elite preferred cups with stems, and often covers, in metal, with glass a less common alternative. Large "ceremonial" or feasting cups, sometimes called grace cups or "welcome cups", and drinking horns , including ivory , with metal mounts, were important prestige pieces, typically too large to drink from all evening, so passed around or drunk from once. The name for

1674-698: The beginning of the European Bronze Age from around 2800 BC. The Ringlemere Cup is a solid gold cup, with handle, from around 1600 BC, with the Rillaton Gold Cup one of two such cups known from England, with a handful of other locations and materials (such as the Hove amber cup ) making up the "unstable" (round-bottomed) cups in precious materials from the Bronze Age. Animal horns must often have been used as cups from very early on, and

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1728-460: The cultural values of a society or a subculture. For example, in a commercial society, having money or wealth and things that can be bought by wealth, such as cars, houses, or fine clothing, are considered status symbols. Where warriors are respected, a scar can represent honor or courage. Among intellectuals being able to think in an intelligent and educated way is an important status symbol regardless of material possessions. In academic circles,

1782-424: The cup: Many languages − including French, Italian, Polish, Russian, German − use two separate words for mugs and cups. Wierzbicka suggests that this situation is due to a slightly different functionality: the traditional cups are designed for drinking while sitting down at the table, while the mug is supposed to be used anywhere. This, in her opinion, explains all the specific features: Cups have been used since

1836-402: The foreheads of high-born infants as a permanent, lifetime sign of noble status. The Mayans also filed their teeth to sharp points to look fierce, or inset precious stones into their teeth as decoration. Luxury goods are often perceived as status symbols. Examples may include a mansion or penthouse apartment , a trophy wife , haute couture fashionable clothes, jewellery , or

1890-479: The invention of the printing press , possession of a large collection of laboriously hand-copied books was a symbol of wealth and scholarship. In later centuries, books (and literacy) became more common, so a private library became less-rarefied as a status symbol, though a sizable collection still commands respect. In some past cultures of East Asia, pearls and jade were major status symbols, reserved exclusively for royalty. Similar legal exclusions applied to

1944-436: The loss of heat and keep outside surfaces cooler. Disposable cups are intended to be used only once. They are often used by fast-food restaurants and coffee shops to serve beverages. Institutions that provide drinking water, such as offices and hospitals, may also use disposable cups for sanitary reasons. Some styles of cups are used primarily for alcoholic beverages such as beer, wine, cocktail, and liquor. There are over

1998-456: The norm for cups intended for cold drinks, especially wine and beer. The "wine cup" that had been a major prestige category since classical antiquity was largely replaced by the wineglass , and cups for beer went the same way. The OED records the first dated use in English of "glass" as a term for a vessel, rather than just the material, in 1393-4. A new wave of hot drinks came to dominate

2052-560: The present. Very simple single-use kulhar cups in unglazed terracotta , and sometimes unfired clay, are still used in South Asia , now mainly at tea stalls, and are very similar to those found at sites of the Bronze Age Indus Valley Civilization . The Bell Beaker culture , is an important archaeological culture named after the distinctive inverted-bell pottery beaker cups it used, marking

2106-537: The range of cups. Chinese and Japanese cups have been shaped as small, rather wide, bowls for some 2,000 years, smaller versions of the shape used for eating and serving food. As well as the Chinese porcelain that very gradually overtook it, lacquer is a prestige material. The same shapes are typically used in East Asia for both tea and wine or sake , and when they appeared in Europe in the 16th century, this shape

2160-506: The rhyton, ancient Greek drinking cup shapes were mostly very wide and shallow bowls, usually on short stems and with two handles, generally oriented horizontally, along the same plane as the mouth of the cup, rather than at 90 degrees to it, as in modern teacups . Survivals in ancient Greek pottery are numerous, and often brilliantly painted, but all probably were made also in silver, where survivals are extremely rare, as grave robbers did not bother with pottery. The most important shapes are

2214-411: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Cup . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Cup&oldid=1248335330 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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2268-589: The shells of the Horse conch for drinking cups, among other purposes. The tall, decorated and slightly waisted qiru or keru of Andean civilizations first appears in the Early Intermediate Period (100-600 AD). They seem to have been high-status objects. Maya elites drank from elaborately painted pottery beakers such as the Fenton Vase and Princeton Maya Vase with God L . In what

2322-445: The soul. Cards that feature cups are often associated with love, relationships, fears, and desires. Various cups have been designed so that drinking out of them without spilling is a challenge. These are called puzzle cups . The cup game involves rhythmically striking plastic cups. In the developed world, cups are often distributed for promotional purposes . For example, a corporation might distribute cups with their logo at

2376-408: The two-handled form based on the ancient kantharos is very often used. The size of many means that " vase " would be a more appropriate name, but "cup" has become established. Early trophies, mostly for horse-racing , were generally more simple goblet shapes. In Tarot divination, the suit of cups is associated with the element of water and is regarded as symbolizing emotion, intuition, and

2430-605: The very wide ancient Greek wine-cup kylix ended up via Latin as chalice , typically a handle-less goblet in metal, used in the Catholic mass , but also a secular shape. Many individual examples have served both secular and liturgical uses over their history. By the end of the Middle Ages glass was becoming a much cheaper material, and over the Early Modern Period it replaced pottery and other materials as

2484-557: The wealthy tended to prefer drinking from glass, as adding no taste to the drink. An ancient shape of cup in various parts of Eurasia was the "flanged cup" with either one or two flat horizontal strips attached to part of the top of the cup, acting as handles. These are found as grave goods in elite burials from around the Warring States Period (c. 475 to 221 BC), in Chinese lacquerware (wood coated with resin from

2538-488: The wearer's status within the organization. A state may confer decorations , medals or badges that can show that the wearer has heroic or official status. Elaborate color-coded academic regalia is often worn during commencement ceremonies, indicating academic rank and specialty. In many cultures around the world, diverse visual markers of marital status are widely used. Coming of age rituals and other rites of passage may involve granting and display of symbols of

2592-483: The wide and shallow Greek phiale (Roman patera , more a dish than a cup) seem mainly to have been used for this, while others were used for both this and drinking. The rhyton , especially the types with a hole in the bottom, was one of many cup shapes used for libations. Libations were common at the start of informal social occasions involving drinking, where the normal cups were presumably often used. The most traditional Chinese ritual bronze vessel for libations,

2646-482: The world in a variety of shapes and materials. While simple cups have been widely spread across societies, high-status cups in expensive materials have been very important status symbols since at least the Bronze Age , and many found in burials. Modern household shapes of cup generally lack a stem, but this was not always the case. The large metal standing cup or covered cup with a base and stem , and usually

2700-413: Was considered usual to pour the hot liquid into the saucer to cool it slightly before drinking. Apart from a more shallow saucer the essential elements of these two forms in many contemporary examples have changed little since the mid-18th century. European porcelain manufacturers encouraged the development of different sizes of cup, and shapes of pot, for tea and coffee services. The 20th century brought

2754-539: Was first written in English in 1955, but from 1959 with the publication of the bestseller "The Status Seekers" greater distribution. There, journalist Vance Packard describes the social strategy and behavior in the USA. As people aspire to high status, they often seek also its symbols. As with other symbols , status symbols may change in value or meaning over time, and will differ among countries and cultural regions, based on their economy and technology. For example, before

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2808-451: Was initially used for locally-made cups for the new drinks of tea and coffee . By the early 18th century, the European taste for handles on cups, strongly evident from antiquity, reasserted itself and a single vertical handle was added to a slightly more upright Chinese-style bowl to create both the very similar forms of the Western teacup and coffee cup , as well as a saucer . This was initially rather deeper than modern saucers, as it

2862-490: Was not a "real cup", while the "younger generation" made no such distinction, and used " coffee cup " or " teacup " to indicate the traditional cups. Twelve-year-olds had two different shapes of a cup in mind, one for hot liquids, one for juices. Names for different types of cups vary regionally and may overlap (in American English "cups" include " mugs " ). Any transparent cup, regardless of actual composition,

2916-488: Was supposed to be able to detect poison. In the Bible , Joseph interpreted a dream for Pharaoh 's cup-bearer , and a silver divining cup played a key role in his reconciliation with his brothers . The Royal Gold Cup is an exceptionally rare survival, made before 1391 for John, Duke of Berry , a French prince, who gave it to his uncle, Charles VI of France . It is in gold, decorated with jewels and scenes in enamel, with

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