Janet Wilder wrote:
>
> 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.