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A silver claret jug is a wine jug made of glass, typically with some silver, for claret, which is the British name for French red Bordeaux wine, and other wines, especially reds. Matured red wines, including claret, throw a deposit of sediment, and various methods and machines were designed to decant the wine into another container, leaving the ...
Metal tankards often come with a glass bottom. The legend is that the glass-bottomed tankard was developed as a way of refusing the King's shilling, i.e., conscription into the British Army or Navy. The drinker could see the coin in the bottom of the glass and refuse the drink, thereby avoiding conscription.
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
John Landis Mason, inventor of the Mason jar. In 1858, a Vineland, New Jersey tinsmith named John Landis Mason (1832–1902) invented and patented a screw threaded glass jar or bottle that became known as the Mason jar (U.S. Patent No. 22,186.) [1] [2] From 1857, when it was first patented, to the present, Mason jars have had hundreds of variations in shape and cap design. [8]
The Westmoreland Glass Company was founded in 1889 when a group of men purchased the Specialty Glass Company located in East Liverpool, Ohio, and moved it to Grapeville, Pennsylvania. [1] Grapeville was chosen as the location of the factory because the property had a large source of natural gas. George West served as president of the company ...
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