Toasting glass [ Food & Drink ]
… changes in taste linked to the pursuit of social distinction all contributed to a greater variety of toasting glasses. Punchbowls came in many materials and prices, varying according to social hierarchy and the type of beverage, with … and expensive chinaware and porcelain reserved for exotic beverages (tea, coffee and chocolate). There was only one punchbowl for the entire company. 1 Those who happened to drink directly out of it signaled their social or moral inferiority and instead punch was usually ladled out into individual tumbler glasses. 2 That object, disposed in a central position and meant …
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