The moustache cup (or mustache cup) is a drinking cup with a semicircular ledge inside. The ledge, called a moustache guard, has a half moon-shaped opening to allow the passage of liquids and serves as a guard to keep moustaches dry. It is generally acknowledged to have been invented in the 1870s by British potter Harvey Adams (1835–?).[1][2]
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- ^ Mug, Bucardo. "History and Evolution of the Mustache Guard". Bucardo Mug. Retrieved 2022-04-11.