40 Things Whose Purpose Was Unknown Until the Internet Came to the Rescue

[post_page_title]This was used by the disabled[/post_page_title]

On first impression this looks like yet another, if slightly broken, teapot. If you take a look carefully, you can see it doesn’t have any lid or markings.

This was used by the disabled

It is also made from white ceramic, and there is some crazing to the glaze, implying that it obviously is not from recent years. As the original poster would discover very quickly, it was actually an older version of the modern sippy cup. It was made for people who were too weak or too sick to be able to feed themselves.

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