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Default Name that silver serving device !!!

Janet Wilder wrote:
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> That is a cup to hold water for hand washing. Orthodox Jews must wash
> their hands in a proscribed manner and say a blessing before meals. The
> cup tilts and dispenses enough water to satisfy the Halachic amount.
> I've seen them before.


Huh! Well, that's a new one on me.
I had been thinking it was an inkwell
missing its glass insert.