Insufficient! That is precisely the word, majesty – precisely the word I would have used. The mot juste. It was hardly a court at all! An assembly, maybe.
One of the best places to get really top-notch mugs by the way, are those little gift shops you find in art museums and high-end botanical gardens. The only downside is that mugs there are never sold in sets, only as separates, and they are ruinously, even comically expensive.
