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. 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-facet Soviet table-glass, produced in the city of Gus-Khrustalny since 1943.
Main article: Tumbler (glass)

Tumblers are flat-bottomed drinking glasses.

Beer glassware

Whisky tasting glass
Main article: Beer glassware

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. 1 2 "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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