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Chevalier
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 9, 2002 - 8:56 am: |   |
Sold on eBay several weeks ago, Etienne. It is beautiful, but I wasn't sure if it was an absinthe glass. But hey ... if Crosby drinks absinthe from it, then he has made it HIS absinthe glass, and that's cool. |
Etienne
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 9, 2002 - 6:27 am: | |
Harry, you show off! ;-) That is one beautiful glass. I'm jealous. |
Crosby
| | Posted on Monday, April 8, 2002 - 8:09 pm: | |
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Crosby
| | Posted on Monday, April 8, 2002 - 8:05 pm: | |
Just the glass love handle. |
Admin
| | Posted on Monday, April 8, 2002 - 8:02 pm: | |
does it include the glasses with the etched line? or just the glass love handle? |
Chevalier
| | Posted on Monday, April 8, 2002 - 4:29 pm: | |
Cordon glasses, yes. Absinthe fountains with cords, no. Not to mention lampshades ...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1090520696 |
Chevalier
| | Posted on Monday, April 8, 2002 - 4:20 pm: | |
As opposed to:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2015322986 ,
And certainly not:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1090986628 |
Petermarc
| | Posted on Monday, April 8, 2002 - 4:11 pm: | |
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Timk
| | Posted on Monday, April 8, 2002 - 1:53 pm: | |
The 'cord' marks the dose |
Timk
| | Posted on Monday, April 8, 2002 - 1:51 pm: | |
Cordon : cord, string, ribbon
- the glass looks like it has a Cord wrapped round it, presumably this is the source of the name |
Admin
| | Posted on Monday, April 8, 2002 - 1:32 pm: | |
is "cordon" referring to the demarcation line? |
Chevalier
| | Posted on Monday, April 8, 2002 - 1:22 pm: | |
Just a reminder: if you ever find yourself in Chile, don’t miss the late poet Pablo Neruda's “La Sebastiana” museum at his house in Valparaiso. Neruda’s very eclectic barroom has about ten cordon glasses (among others) on the shelf, not to mention that amazing brass “ship’s wheel” absinthe fountain. |
Oxygenee
| | Posted on Monday, April 8, 2002 - 11:09 am: | |
I'm with Peter on this one - cordon glasses were definitely made specifically for absinthe. They are listed as such in the old glassworks catalogues (some of which can be viewed on Ian's website), their proportions are always correct for absinthe, and their scarcity makes it unlikely that they were used more widely. Good quality examples with nice proportions and some engraving or cuts are hard to find - more so than most reservoirs, and at least at the moment, apparently more so than standard Pontarlier glasses. |
Oxygenee
| | Posted on Monday, April 8, 2002 - 11:03 am: | |
I'm with Peter on this one - cordon glasses were definitely made specifically for absinthe. They are listed as such in the old glassworks catalogues (some of which can be viewed on Ian's website), their proportions are always correct for absinthe, and their scarcity makes it unlikely that they were used more widely. Good quality examples with nice proportions and some engraving or cuts are hard to find - more so than most reservoirs, and at least at the moment, apparently more so than standard Pontarlier glasses. |
Petermarc
| | Posted on Monday, April 8, 2002 - 10:49 am: | |
i believe cordon glasses were most specifically for absinthe...they are just too rare to be a plain bar-glass... |
Chrysippvs
| | Posted on Monday, April 8, 2002 - 9:51 am: | |
I was actually thinking about that myself, but I would still argue they were not absinthe specific. Oxygenee? Peter? You guys would know better than me in the end...
- J |
Crosby
| | Posted on Monday, April 8, 2002 - 9:46 am: | |
Chrysippvs,
Are cordon glasses just bar glasses or where they specific to absinthe?
Harry |
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