List of glassware

Typical glassware

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, whether made of glass or plastics (such as polystyrene and polycarbonate). It does not include laboratory glassware.

Drinkware

Drinkware, beverageware (colloquially referred to as cups) is a general term for a vessel intended to contain 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-facets Soviet table-glass, produced in the city of Gus-Khrustalny since 1943.

Tumblers are flat-bottomed drinking glasses.

Beer glassware

Main article: Beer glassware

New Zealand beer glasses

Australian beer glasses

Stemware

A stem glass
Main article: Stemware

Other

A variety of drinking glasses

See also

References

  1. "Glassware". The Free Dictionary By Farlex. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "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.
  5. Herbst, Sharon; Herbst, Ron (1998). The Ultimate A-to-Z Bar Guide. New York: Broadway Books. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7679-0197-0.
  6. Rathbun, A. J. (2007). Good Spirits: Recipes, Revelations, Refreshments, and Romance, Shaken and Served with a Twist. Boston, Massachusetts: The Harvard Common Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-55832-336-0.
  7. Martin McGookin @ http://www.Glencairn.co.uk. "THE OFFICIAL Whisky Glass - The only way to drink Whisky/Whiskey!". Whiskyglass.com. Retrieved 2014-05-20.

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