Toasting glass [ Food & Drink ]
… p.60. The market for glassware was very reactive and catered for the needs and tastes of individual customers, with fashions changing every decade or so. It was firmly based in London, which distributed glass for the whole of Britain. It … the ‘air twist stem’, also known as ‘wormed’, and from the 1750s the multicoloured ‘opaque twists’. The ogee bowl became fashionable in the second half of the century. After 1780 some standardization was introduced (Glanville and Lee 98–99). … every generation, thus displaying their social status but also their taste, sophistication and awareness of metropolitan fashions. Despite local variations, glasses, decanters and bottles displayed common characteristics on both sides of the …
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