Drinking GLASSES, are simple vessels of common glass or crystal, usually made in form of an inverted cone.
Each glass consists of three parts, viz. the bowl, the bottom, and the foot; which are all wrought or blown separately.
Nothing can be more dexterous and expeditious than the manner of blowing these parts: two of them opened, and all three joined together. An idea is only to be had thereof, by seeing it actually done. For the method of gilding the edges of drinking glasses, see GILDING on Enamel and Glass.