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Molasses Can/Sruup Pitchers

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Lustrousstone:
Kan, kanne (German), can - they're all related. From the Oxford dictionary: 'either of germanic origin or from the Late Latin canna'.

pamela:
seonded!  :)

" Kanne " in German always has got a handle  and it is larger than a "Kännchen" which would be a creamer

Not always it goes with a lid, but we also say Kaffeekanne and Teekanne - (coffee and tea) - lidded of course  :wink:

Glen:
Sowerby's catalogs from the late 1800s show many CANS. They are handled drinking vessels. We'd call them glass mugs (or even tankards) today.

Glen

Adam:
The few remaining handled drinking vessels still being made at Sowerbys when I was there in the 1950s were still called cans.  I never understood it either!

Adam D.

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