breakfast cup

[Peter Jiong]

“I don’t want anything to eat,” cried Bertha, flinging herself on a chair.
“But you’re dying with thirst,” added Miss Ley, looking at her niece with sharp eyes. “Wouldn’t you like your tea out of a breakfast cup?”

From Mrs. Craddock by W Somerset Maugham (1902)

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[Rover_KE]

In 1902, ladies pretending to a certain refinement would have separate tea sets and breakfast crockery. The breakfast cups would be bigger than teacups.

 

[emsr2d2]

Did you Google "What is a breakfast cup?"? I did. Here's what I found.

(Cross-posted)

 

[Tdol]

In 1902, ladies pretending to a certain refinement would have separate tea sets and breakfast crockery. The breakfast cups would be bigger than teacups.

We have mugs nowadays. All day.