What is a jug of a puzzle?
and the jug puzzle is a pub that was popular during the medieval period, then again during the 18th and 19th century. It is a pitcher in the shape of a pitcher. The challenge is to drink from the pitcher without spilling anything. This is made more difficult by perforations surrounding the neck of the pitcher. Source of entertainment, every pitcher can be written by a verse.
Initially, drinking without spilling seems to be impossible, but the trick for a jug of puzzle is a hidden tube that runs inside the pitcher. One end is shaped into a discharge. The other end runs around the edge of the pitcher and then follows the handle down to the pitcher base. This tube allows you to drink without spilling by suction at the end. Of course, the puzzle pitcher can be simple and has a single discharge or complicated with up to six outflows from which you can choose.
To make it even more demanding than suction on the discharge must first close other holes around the tube with one "fingers. Some jugs of the puzzles also have a hidden hole along the tube. This hole is usually hidden under the handle.
jugs are descendants of other medieval drinks, including the Fuddling Cup and The Pot Crown. Fuddling Cup is a puzzle made of three or more cups connected together through tubes with holes. As the pot of pots is called, it is shaped. It has a hollow ring base that holds four cups. It also has tubes that connect at the top as an English crown.
jug from the puzzle can be traced to France of the 13th century. There is also evidence that it was produced in the same period in Germany, Holland and other European countries. The first example of this ceramic novelty, The exeter puzzle pitcher, is shown in the Royal Albert Museum, located in Exeter in Devon. Exeter Puzzle Džbán was made around 1300 in Saintone, France. It is considered a remarkable example of medal Potters.
jug from the puzzle regained its popularity in households and pubs during the 18th and 19th century. Today, they are made by ceramics. Modern examples of this artistic fOrmers can be found in the UK, France and Germany.