'Drink Thy Wine with a Merry Heart'

A pictorial history of drinking glasses through the ages, studied through images of actual objects and through paintings. The lecture will focus particularly on the development of the wine glass, but will also look at glasses designed for other beverages, such as: beer, cider, ale, cordial etc. It will consider the drinking habits of different countries and the types of glass associated with those countries, e.g. the Venetian wing stemmed glass, the German roemer, the Dutch flute and the English baluster stemmed glass; and will discuss the association of fine glass drinking vessels with feasting and conviviality.

Lecture by Jane Gardiner as part of The Arts Society North Hertfordshire 2020/2021 Programme.