List of glassware

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Typical drinkware

This list of glassware[1] includes drinking vessels (drinkware) and tableware used to set a table for eating a meal, general glass items such as vases, and glasses used in the catering industry. It does not include laboratory glassware.

Drinkware

Sebastian Stoskopff: Glasses in a Basket (1644; Musée de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame, Strasbourg)

Drinkware, beverageware (in other words,

beverages or liquid foods for drinking or consumption.[2]

The word cup comes from Middle English cuppe, from Old English, from Late Latin cuppa, drinking vessel, perhaps variant of Latin cupa, tub, cask.[2] The first known use of the word cup is before the 12th century.[4]

Tumblers

A classic 20-facet Soviet table-glass, produced in the city of Gus-Khrustalny since 1943.

Tumblers are flat-bottomed drinking glasses.

Beer glassware

tulip glass, snifter
, Willi Becher
  • Beer boot
  • Beer bottle
  • Beer stein, large mug traditionally with a hinged lid
  • Berkemeyer
  • Glass
    , 200ml (7 fl. oz.) Australian beer glass (Queensland and Victoria)
  • Handle, 425ml New Zealand beer glass
  • Jug, 750–1000ml served at pubs in New Zealand
  • Middy
    , 285ml (10 fl. oz.) Australian beer glass (New South Wales)
  • Pilsner glass
    , for pale lager
  • Pint glass, for an imperial pint of beer or cider
  • Pony glass, for a 140ml of beer, a "short" or "small" beer
  • Pot glass
  • Pot
    , 285ml (10 fl. oz.) Australian beer glass (Queensland and Victoria)
  • Schooner, 425ml (15 fl. oz.) Australian beer glass, 285 ml (10 fl. oz.) in South Australia
  • Tankard, a large drinking cup, usually with a handle and a hinged cover
  • Wheat beer glass
    , for wheat beer
  • Yard glass
    , a very tall, conical beer glass, with a round ball base, usually hung on a wall when empty

Stemware

A champagne coupe
A margarita glass
  • Absinthe glass
    , a short, thick-stemmed glass with a tall, wide bowl and some feature (like a ridge, bead, or bulge) indicating a correct serving of absinthe
  • Chalice or goblet, an ornate stem glass, especially one for ceremonial purposes
  • Champagne coupe
    , a stem glass with a wide, shallow bowl, for champagne (similar to a cocktail glass)
  • Champagne flute
    , a stem glass with a tall, narrow bowl, for champagne
  • Cocktail glass, a stem glass with a wide, shallow bowl, for cocktails
  • Fountain glass, a tall fluted stem glass common in
    ice cream sodas
  • Glencairn whisky glass, a wide bowl with a narrow mouth, similar to a snifter's, but with a shorter, sturdier base, designed for whisky[7]
  • Hurricane glass (poco grande glass)
  • Margarita glass (variant of champagne coupe)
  • Nick & Nora
  • Rummer
  • Sherbet, a stem glass for ice cream or sorbet
  • Sherry glass
  • Snifter, a liquor glass with a short stem and a wide bowl that narrows at the top, for brandy and liquor
  • Wine glass, a stem glass

Other

  • Art glass, glassware that is modern art
  • Pitcher, a container, usually with a spout for pouring its contents
  • Punch bowl, a bowl that punch is put in, generally used in parties
  • Vase, an open container often used to hold flowers
  • Bong, a smoking device often made from glass
  • Peking glass, a Chinese form of overlay glass, often in the form of snuff boxes or vases
  • Penny lick

See also

References

  1. ^ "Glassware". The Free Dictionary By Farlex. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  2. ^ a b "Cups". The Free Dictionary By Farlex. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  3. ^ McClenehan, Robert L. Some Scottish Quaichs. Illinois, 1955, p. 3.
  4. ^ "Cup". Merriam Webster. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
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  7. ^ McGookin, Martin. "The Glencairn Glass". whiskyglass.com. Archived from the original on 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2014-05-20.

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