Antimonial_cup
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.
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