List of glassware

Typical drinkware

This list of glassware ^[1] includes drinking vessels (drinkware), tableware used to set a table for eating a meal and generally 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, cups, jugs and ewers) is a general term for a vessel intended to contain beverages or liquid foods for drinking or consumption. ^[2]

• Beaker
• Beer glassware
• Bottle
• Coffee cup
• Cup
• Dwarf ale glass
• Heavy baluster glass
• Jar
• Mazagran
• Mug
• Pythagorean cup
• Quaich ^[3]
• Sake cup (ochoko)
• Stemware
• Tazza
• Teacup
• Tiki mug
• Trembleuse
• Tumblers
• Vitrolero

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

Main article: Tumbler (glass)

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

Rounded Tumblers

Tumblers are flat-bottomed drinking glasses.

• Collins glass, for a tall mixed drink. ^[5]
• Dizzy cocktail glass, a glass with a wide, shallow bowl, comparable to a normal cocktail glass but without the stem
• Faceted glass or granyonyi stakan
• Highball glass, for mixed drinks ^[6]
• Iced tea glass
• Juice glass, for fruit juices and vegetable juices
• Old fashioned glass, traditionally, for a simple cocktail or liquor "on the rocks" or "neat". Contemporary American "rocks" glasses may be much larger, and used for a variety of beverages over ice.
• Shot glass, a small glass for up to four ounces of liquor. The modern shot glass has a thicker base and sides than the older whiskey glass.
• Water glass
• Whiskey tumbler, a small, thin-walled glass for a straight shot of liquor

Beer glassware

Main articles: Beer glassware and Australian beer § Beer glasses

Beer glassware. Left to right: Pilstulpe, tulip glass, snifter, Willi Becher.

Rounded Tumblers

• 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

Main article: 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 soda fountains, family restaurants and 24-hour diner-style restaurants for milkshakes and 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
• Drug pipe, a form of drug paraphernalia 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

• Drink portal

• Beverage coaster, a flat ceramic or wood piece that protects tables' surfaces
• Bottle (List of bottle types, brands and companies)
• Chip work, a form of engraved glassware

References

1. "Glassware". The Free Dictionary By Farlex. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
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. McGookin, Martin. "The Glencairn Glass". whiskyglass.com. Archived from the original on 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2014-05-20.