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bOBA:
Happy New Year everyone. I had the luck of being given some glasses recently, that someone in my family had collected. I am really pleased to look after them, as it demonstrates that I am not the first glass collector in my family! I have a few more coming my way, including some "penny licks." Can someone please recommend a reliable book on this subject please? Partly from browsing GMB and reading contributions from Paul S, I understand they are possibly English drinking glasses (for drinking any liquid) of about 1820? This is not my normal collecting area and I would happily be corrected. Although of no great monetary value, I am pleased to look after such historically interesting items, especially with some sentimental attachment too. One base is pictured. Cheers!


Robert (bOBA)

neil53:
Hi, the glasses pictured are generically known as rummers, as rum based drinks (punch, toddy, grog) were thought to have been the major purpose for their use.  I can't quite see from the base of the glass whether it has a gadget mark on it or not but the U-shaped bowls of two of your glasses are indicative of mid to late 19th century rummers.  Hope this helps.

Happy New Year

Ivo:
This is the first time I've heard the term Rummer explained as something to do with rum. Rummer is a glass term from German - the language which produced most glass terms, where a Roemer is a stemmed goblet in the Roman style for wine.

oldglassman:
Hi ,
          Sorry !!!!!   but !!!!   Rummer has nothing to do with the drink Rum , it is derived from the Dutch/German word " Roemer " see  Tim Mills book Rummers for a fuller explanation.
Cheers ,
           Peter.

  oooops  you beat me to it Ivo.

chopin-liszt:
I think your glasses look as if they would be lovely things to use, Robert.

*Something* about them makes my hands itch to feel them, see how they balance, fondle them, see how well they fit my hand...
 :)

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