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MUG BEER [5 records]

Record 1 2000-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glasses (table setting)
  • Various Drinks - Service
Key term(s)
  • beer mug
  • bock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Verres (service de table)
  • Service de boissons diverses
OBS

Verre à bière d'une capacité approximative d'un quart de litre.

Key term(s)
  • chope

Spanish

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Record 2 1993-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glasses (table setting)
DEF

any large thick mug(as of glass) for beer holding sometimes as much as a quart.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Verres (service de table)
DEF

Sorte de vase à une anse et quelquefois à couvercle, servant à la consommation de la bière et contenant environ un demi-litre.

CONT

chope en étain, en grès, en verre.

Spanish

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Record 3 1993-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Household Utensils and Appliances
DEF

a tall one-handled jug or mug. usually of pewter, sometimes with a lid : used chiefly for drinking beer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement ménager

Spanish

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Record 4 1992-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Beverages

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)

Spanish

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Record 5 1986-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Goldsmithing and Silversmithing
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
OBS

the term was applied to drinking vessels formerly made of wooden staves and bound with metal, and now in particular to a tall jug or mug provided with a handle, chiefly made of pewter, stoneware, earthenware and to some extent of silver, sometimes fitted with a lid and principally used for drinking beer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orfèvrerie et argenterie
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
DEF

Récipient à boire, en matériaux variés, servant de mesure pour le vin et les alcools, et dont la capacité correspond aujourd'hui à un demi-litre; (...)

Spanish

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