Glass Drinking Vessels
New Amsterdam Kitchen
The 'onion bottle' (its name denotes its shape) originated in England. The contents of an onion bottle might have been served in a wineglass. They also could have filled a passglas with lines to mark the amount each person could gulp in a drinking game. Or, they might have been poured into a Roemer goblet whose raspberry prunts provided a better grip for greasy fingers. Both of the latter vessels originated in Germany.
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