Could these be the very best designed glasses ever in the history of glass making?
What would French households do without their Duralex 'Picardie' glasses. They are used for just about every purpose imaginable; wine, coffee, soft drinks, deserts, etc.
These tiny 16 cl (5½ oz) glasses are superbly designed, cost peanuts, and tend to bounce when dropped. What more could one ask?
And it's the glass of choice for my regular evening tipple (or 2). Cheers!
The same glass I have just used for my glass of cider. Mine came from a charity shop. I seem to remember they are the same glasses we had at school.
ReplyDeleteI expect your school ones were the next size up, these are quite small.
DeleteI thought school glasses too...and as I looked at the picture I could almost feel the glass in my hand.
ReplyDeleteI have a set of clear plastic wine glasses in various colours and love choosing which colour to have my wine in. I bet you are horrified?….…but they are from Waitrose so they are " posh" ones.! On the rare occasions that I drink red wine, that has to go in either the red or pink glasses, rather than the green/blue ones, I do have some taste !
ReplyDeleteHmmmmm. Personally I wouldn't allow plastic 'glasses', plates, cutlery, mugs, or whistles, past my front door. May I suggest you visit your local boot sale, and find a really beautiful single glass, and use it for your wine; it would taste SO MUCH better.
DeleteI have a dozen similar which are in the kitchen cupboard and used for everything but mostly wine. I bought them from Ikea (!) several years ago as they reminded me of similar glasses we used on French holidays. As you say they usually bounce when dropped and never seem to chip.
ReplyDeleteI dont drink wine every day but my everyday glas is made in Finland . It is a "vintage" glas that I took from my parent's house before clearing it.
ReplyDeleteThat's very interesting, as we drink our wine out of identical glasses. As our "wine" glasses got broken over the years, we came to realise the practicality of these tough, more stable, little glasses. Inn fact when we go to other peoples houses, I am always surprised to see they are using stemmed glasses!
ReplyDeleteWe used these glasses at school, at least 40 years ago.
ReplyDeleteI could do with some of those. I tend to us Brierley Crystal at Christmas and New Year and always end up with less by Jan 2nd than I had on Dec 23rd. Is that tipple really blue? If so what is it?
ReplyDeleteIt's red wine. Blue?
DeleteAh there is true joy in finding a receptacle that blends with both your hand and favorite tipple my man.
ReplyDeleteIs there still a number in the bottom? We used to have a set of them when we were kids, we played "guess what number glass I have".
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I've just been to look. I looked at 3 glasses and found a 19, a 17, and a 7. I'd never noticed this before.
DeleteI had noticed a number 12 on the one I looked at and thought it something to do with the size but have just checked the other and it is a 17.
DeleteWe've started buying acrylic glasses as the hubs is getting a bit dropsy in his old age. I like the shape of yours.
ReplyDeleteI have to have one of those massive red wine glasses to drink my wine out of { red or white } as it tastes so much better to me….. trouble is, I tend to pour out too much so drink more than I should !!!! If I'm given a small wine glass in a restaurant, it's never as good …. probably phsyco-semantic. I remember those little glasses, a perfect design that has lasted the test of time. If you gave me red wine in one of those Cro, I'd still love it …. somehow, they are OK. It's the small stemmed wine glasses that I'm not keen on { unless, of course, it was one of Tom's Georgian little numbers !! XXXX
ReplyDeleteWe'd probably all be too scared to drink out of one of Tom's; these are so cheap, and throw away, that it makes it all the more pleasant.
DeleteCro, my glass of choice is a pint glass jar with a handle on it. Oh, yes, I have all the decorative cups that I've received as presents over the years but my set of about 12 jars carry the every day load for everything hot or cold that's drinkable. Originally, Blackburn jelly came in them which is a treat in itself. The Blackburn company started as a maple syrup company in 1927 and added the jam, preserves, and jelly division in 1972. It's still a family owned business and I try to buy from them where ever I find their product on the shelf. Those mugs are rugged and I've never broken one yet. I'm not much of a wine drinker so the rugged country look fits right into my morning coffee and afternoon tea.
ReplyDeleteHave a great Duralex glass day.
A pukka pint pot filled with good beer is another great pleasure. I'm amazed when I go into a pub' these days and see kids drinking from bottles. Nasty.
DeleteWe got ours from Shell or Esso garages free in the 1980s. We still have a few left and use them everyday.
ReplyDeleteI remember them well.
DeleteI do believe I have some in a crate stored away with all the rest of the detritus of my passed. I purchased them on a camping trip I took from England to the south of France, if I remember they came in a six pack and I had planned on leaving them but they withstood so much rough treatment that I brought them back with me.
ReplyDeleteI eschew plastic, too. When my cousin came to visit when her two younger boys were quite small, she remarked that I had no plasticware for them to use. And I hadn't.
ReplyDeleteHimself tends to break glass things, which is why my bestie gave us some plastic tumblers. He uses those, and I stick to glass. I found some round glasses at a nearby boot sale and got them for a lark. Himself uses one every chance he gets.
Just to let u know
ReplyDeleteHippo Tom is alive
He's just emailed me x
Thanks John; that's good news.
DeleteHuzzay!
DeleteMy glass of choice in my van is French too. It's those one's with the coloured base that come with cornichons in them. Recycling at its best!
ReplyDeleteNow there IS a blast from the past. I see them a lot in vintage shops over here, and we used nothing else when I was a child. I remember seeing the brand stamp on the bottom as you finished the glass.
ReplyDeleteI remember drinking out of one at home in the 60s...said "made in France" on the bottom so assuming it was Duralex...
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