Antimonial cup

An antimonial cup, made either of glass of antimony (a vitreous oxysulfide fused glass) or of antimony prepared with saltpeter, was used to give emetic, laxative, or cathartic qualities to the wine or liquor poured in it.

• Antimonial

• Template:1728 Antimonial cup.

• Historic explanation of such a cup’s use and purpose

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