''Trembleuse'' or ''tasse trembleuse'' also ''gobelet et soucoupe enfoncé'', is a drinking cup and saucer with the saucer given a raised holding area in which the cup sits more securely than in the normal style. Often the well in the saucer is in

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, as in the Vienna example illustrated. Then it is called a Mancerina It was designed to allow people with a weak grip or a medical condition involving shaking or trembling hands to drink a beverage, initially tea or hot chocolate. The cup sits in a saucer with either a well, or a raised rim to prevent the liquid from spilling. Cups were designed with or without handles, and optionally a lid. They were normally sold singly, rather than in sets. Such saucers had been common in

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for centuries. In Europe they originated in Paris in the 1690s. Sèvres used the term ''Gobelet et soucoupe enfoncé'' for a saucer with a well in catalogues from 1759. Many of the most famous

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manufacturers, such as Sèvres, Meissen, and

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produced ''trembleuses''.

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