White wine glasses

Datasheet
Type of object
Wine glass
Origin
Switzerland
Technique and material

Glass

Date
Around 1980
Dimensions
large stemmed glass : 14 x 6 cm / small stemmed glass : 9.2 x 5 cm / large goblet : 8.5 x 5 cm / small goblet : 7.5 x 4.2 cm

During the 19th century, vintners from the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, used such small wine goblets to taste test their wine. Stemmed glasses appeared later as white wine became a beverage to savour.