Wassail Cup

Traditionally these cups would have been made for communal use with a number of sm aller vessels for individual drinking. The drink would be based on apple juice, cider but enhanced with a variety of spirits and spices. The little cuop on the top of the finial was use to hold andf measure the spices. These are made from oak but the originals would probably have been made of lignum vitae, a wood no longer available commercially.