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WHISKY NOGGIN
WHISKEY JUG
CHOTA PEG
This is a drinking vessel of glass crystal with curved handle and silver collar with thumb rest for opening the lid.
It has conical shape and, in most cases, a cut glass star on the base.
Often it is accompanied by a silver tot label and chain.
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Traditionally is considered of Scottish origin and "go to bed" is its usual definition.
The vessel is known also with the Anglo-Indian term of "Chota peg".
The noggin is used for serving individual portions of whisky and is equivalent to a "gill" (a unit of measurement for volume equal to a quarter of a pint no longer in common use, except in regard
to the volume of alcoholic spirits measures).
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