Liqueur glass or rummer (one of six)

1790-1820

Measurements

3-1/2 in x 1-7/8 in (dia); base: 1-1/2 in x 1-1/2 in

Materials

Colorless nonlead glass

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of Mrs. John T. Geoghegan

Accession Number

1983.173

Provenance

The set of liqueur glasses was purchased from Ellen Paul Denker for use in the Wilson-Warner House.

Comments

Small wine glasses, made to serve sweet liqueurs after dinner, were called liqueur glasses. Today, they are often called cordials. This glass, having a blown, ovoid-shaped bowl attached to a squared stepped base, is a rummer in form (namely, a drinking glass with a very short stem between the bowl and foot) and may have been called that in its time of origin.  The bowl has an engraved stylized vine with a rope below encircling the top above faceted panels.  The disk at the base of the bowl is also faceted.  An eight-pointed star is cut into the underside of the base.  

Glass 1983.173.2 was photographed.

Bohemian glasswares were cheaper than lead-glass wares from England and Ireland and found a ready market in the United States.