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Pot, 285ml (10 fl. oz.) Australian beer glass (Queensland and Victoria) Schooner, 425ml (15 fl. oz.) Australian beer glass, 285 ml (10 fl. oz.) in South Australia; Tankard, a large drinking cup, usually with a handle and a hinged cover; Wheat beer glass, for wheat beer; Yard glass, a very tall, conical beer glass, with a round ball base ...
In American English, a pitcher is a container with a spout used for storing and pouring liquids. In English-speaking countries outside North America, a jug is any container with a handle and a mouth and spout for liquid – American "pitchers" will be called jugs elsewhere.
The world's largest IKEA store is located in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. In 1943, then-17-year-old Ingvar Kamprad founded IKEA as a mail-order sales business, and began to resell furniture five years later. [23]
Corelle is best known for its three-layered glass. Nevertheless the Corelle product line includes items of other materials, such as stoneware and plastic. Vitrelle is the brand name specific to the three-layered glass material. The outer layers are clear glass, while the inner layer is opaque white.
The presence of a spout means that the beaker cannot have a lid. However, when in use, beakers may be covered by a watch glass to prevent contamination or loss of the contents, but allowing venting via the spout. Alternatively, a beaker may be covered with another larger beaker that has been inverted, though a watch glass is preferable.
Due to its porosity, fired earthenware, with a water absorption of 5-8%, must be glazed to be watertight. [11] Earthenware has lower mechanical strength than bone china, porcelain or stoneware, and consequently articles are commonly made in thicker cross-section, although they are still more easily chipped.
George Orwell described a porrón in Homage to Catalonia: [5] …and drank out of a dreadful thing called a porron. A porron is a sort of glass bottle with a pointed spout from which a thin jet of wine spurts out whenever you tip it up; you can thus drink from a distance, without touching it with your lips, and it can be passed from hand to hand.