1675 J. Covel Diary in J. T. Bent (1893) 263 Your little sherbert cups and coffee dishes are made often times of the same earth.
1805 M. Wilmot Jrnl. 9 Apr. in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot (1934) i. 140 Some Sherbet Cups in silver stands.
1966 Mrs. L. B. Johnson 2 Aug. (1970) 403 My brother Tony Taylor had sent a set of sherbet cups that had belonged to my mother.