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Absinthe glass, a short, thick-stemmed glass with a tall, wide bowl and some feature (like a ridge, bead, or bulge) indicating a correct serving of absinthe; Chalice or goblet, an ornate stem glass, especially one for ceremonial purposes; Champagne coupe, a stem glass with a wide, shallow bowl, for champagne (similar to a cocktail glass)
American folklorist Charles Godfrey Leland describes it in his 1891 book Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling, in relation to the ritualistic practices of the Roma: . In connection with divination, deceit, and robbery, it may be observed that gypsies in Eastern Europe, as in India, often tell fortunes or answer questions by taking a goblet or glass, tapping it, and pretending to hear a voice in ...
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The same general cup shape is also called a goblet (from Old French gobellet, diminutive of gobel 'cup'), normally in secular contexts. This remains current as a term for wineglasses and other stemware , most of which have a goblet shape, with Paris goblet as a trade term for basic rounded wineglasses.
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A Pythagorean Cup (also known as a Pythagoras Cup, Greedy Cup, Cup of Justice, Anti Greedy Goblet or Tantalus Cup) is a practical joke device in a form of a drinking cup, credited to Pythagoras of Samos. When it is filled beyond a certain point, a siphoning effect causes the cup to drain its entire contents through the base.
The stemware is intended for cool beverages, like water or wine. [1] The stem allows the drinker to hold the glass without affecting the temperature of the drink. [ 2 ] The snifters represent an exception, as they are designed to hold the bowl in a cup of the hand to warm up the beverage.
The term 'reservoir glass' describes several styles of stemware with a distinct bulge at the bottom volumetrically equal to a standard shot or sometimes a half-shot, the remainder of the glass to be filled with water providing the correct ratio of admixture. They were among the first type of glass made specifically for absinthe.