Topic: To small for absinthe glass?

[bat20]

Hi all,this is my favourite glass for wine,and my wife's,it holds the right amount for a early evening relaxer and feels right,however I was just browsing through absinthe glasses and I think there are similarities to some I've come across,it's 15.5 cm in ht and 7.8 we,perhaps a bit small?,it has a shear mark to the base and good wear so I've always had it down as about 1870s?i think there maybe a little lead ,but not that much,any thoughts .

[Paul S.]

Several years back I posted a couple of glasses of roughly the same shape but much thicker and with moulded sort of spiral  -   Ivo said they were absinthe.             Built like the proverbial s. house door - you could throw them around a Montmartre maison close all night and they wouldn't break.

Whilst this is probably about the right height for absinthe, my opinion is that this one is a little too delicate looking for that sort of drink.

Will try and post picture of my absinthe glasses tomorrow.

[bat20]

Thanks Paul that would be interesting,I thought thickness maybe an issue as well and it would be good to get an idea of the real thing.

[Paul S.]

as usual, never as simple as you think you remember.             Would seem these things a little more variable in shape, some with a reservoir below the bowl, some showing cutting etc., and no doubt some more refined than my two (possibly late C19/early C20) - c. 160 and 150 mm tall.           It's possible that some tallness to the glass looks to have been more common in earlier styles of absinthe glasses - and although mine may well have been used for the green fairy they could equally have been for ale or wine - but their thickness definitely suggests bar use.              No doubt the purists still use the spoon, ice cubes and sugar lumps, but suppose you can just buy it in a bottle and pour - I've never drunk the stuff.

This link came via Anne (Mod.)  http://www.moderndrunkardmagazine.com/issues/11-02/11_02_absinthe.htm     and if you use  absinthe  in the Boards search you should get a fair bit more.

So would seem the shape of the glass, at least for late nineteenth and early twentieth century use, not that specific  -  but maybe we have a collector of historic absinthe glasses lurking amongst the membership

[bat20]

Thanks Paul, if you Google verre absinthe you get a few French sites and on one there are a couple like yours for a lot of money,verre torrsade or something like anyway.