Vintage Shot Glasses

[Hurricane Jack]

I know John Galt hasn't posted in several yrs but I've been going back thru this thread & enjoying his collection. Just had to bring this one of his forward...what a shot glass! Never seen one like it.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

A shot of Stranahan's Whiskey in a pre Prohibition shot; W.R Riley Distribution Co., Kansas City, Mo. Purity Guaranteed.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

1950's shot glass set from the Federal Glass CO's Sportsman's Series. Each set came with a Canvasback, Grouse, Ring Necked Pheasant, & a Canada Goose each with a silver platinum rim. Besides shot glasses, sets were available in Rocks, Pilsners, & Tom Collins tumblers. I have Rocks & Pilsners also. I have seen a few wine goblets but have never seen a cordial, flute or shooter from the Sportsman Series.

It's bad luck to take one out & not have at least one shot. Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey.

 

[BobHufford]

1950's shot glass set from the Federal Glass CO's Sportsman's Series. Each set came with a Canvasback, Grouse, Ring Necked Pheasant, & a Canada Goose each with a silver platinum rim. Besides shot glasses, sets were available in Rocks, Pilsners, & Tom Collins tumblers. I have Rocks & Pilsners also. I have seen a few wine goblets but have never seen a cordial, flute or shooter from the Sportsman Series.

Very cool Jack! I have some odd pieces of that found here and there.

Getting ready to fill (well ... maybe not fill) this Old Crow glass. Not sure of age. Pre-1987 I think as that was when National Distillers (since 1924) was bought out. Excuse the lousy pics.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Very cool Jack! I have some odd pieces of that found here and there.

Getting ready to fill (well ... maybe not fill) this Old Crow glass. Not sure of age. Pre-1987 I think as that was when National Distillers (since 1924) was bought out. Excuse the lousy pics.

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That is a nice glass. I still see the decanters around from time to time, but not many glasses.

I used to buy singles but now I just try & buy sets still in the box. In that case the odds are pretty good that they haven't been used often or put thru a modern dishwasher with strong detergent.

 

[BobHufford]

Found these mid-50's era glasses at a local flea market that had them priced for a quarter a piece and 20% off booth-wide.

1953 ad:

1958 ad:

The old Tahoe casino.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Found these mid-50's era glasses at a local flea market that had them priced for a quarter a piece and 20% off booth-wide.

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1953 ad:

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1958 ad:

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The old Tahoe casino.

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I like the Schenley & the Ancient Age. That Schenley Whiskey has to be rare. Paint still looks good on both.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I don't know the vintage but I have a set of 6 hand blown amber Tequila shots with gold rims, each with a different hand painted scene from a bull fight start to finish.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Last post & I'll let this thread drop.

I have a partial set of Early American Pressed Glass (EAPG) Cordial shot glasses. The EAPG era is thought to be from 1850 to 1910, some say as early as 1820. There have been over 1,000 patterns identified so chances are long for me to find others to fill out my set.

The solid weighted bottoms are octogane shaped.

A morning shot of Rebel Yell Bourbon

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Just arrived a set of 6 Art Deco Whiskey Rocks glasses with silver plated rims & tops, etched grip stripes lower.

 

[Edward Reed]

Typical shot glass, nothing fancy. Probably from the 1930s.
Helps me to "portion control" myself.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Typical shot glass, nothing fancy. Probably from the 1930s.
Helps me to "portion control" myself.
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Vintage glasses with a flared rim were usually religious communion glasses. Modern juice glasses sometimes have a flared rim too.

 

[Edward Reed]

Vintage glasses with a flared rim were usually religious communion glasses. Modern juice glasses sometimes have a flared rim too.

interesting! I guess I'll be seeking salvation from my little shot glass then

 

[Hurricane Jack]

interesting! I guess I'll be seeking salvation from my little shot glass then

With something a little stronger than grape juice, I hope!

 

[Edward Reed]

Vintage glasses with a flared rim were usually religious communion glasses. Modern juice glasses sometimes have a flared rim too.

Looks like churches are just ordering Flared Shot Glass Shooters in bulk from barware companies... just repackaging them at the church supply warehouse.

Seeing some of this style with screened liquor store addresses no zip code with 3 digit and four digit phone numbers on them and cartoons / pinups on them as well so I might try to pick up a couple of those!

 

[Edward Reed]

Picked up these 8 whiskey glasses. Very much like the ones seen at the Ravenwood Bar in Raiders of the Lost Ark... (sorry, I didn't have any whiskey for these pics so... cloudy apple juice anyone? ) Now I need a Marion to drink me under the table!

they were recovered from the burned ruins of the Ravenwood Bar in Patan, Nepal

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Looks like churches are just ordering Flared Shot Glass Shooters in bulk from barware companies... just repackaging them at the church supply warehouse.

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Seeing some of this style with screened liquor store addresses no zip code with 3 digit and four digit phone numbers on them and cartoons / pinups on them as well so I might try to pick up a couple of those!

Toothpick holders are often confused with shots glasses.

Check out this Ruby Flash EAGP whiskey glass. Ruby Flash was very popular during the tavern days of the 1890's.

 

[Edward Reed]

Toothpick holders are often confused with shots glasses.

Check out this Ruby Flash EAGP whiskey glass. Ruby Flash was very popular during the tavern days of the 1890's.

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Very cool! Love the scribed lettering design on them! I'll have to look for one...
Quite certain my set of 8 are not toothpick holders.
2 1/2 inches tall 1 1/4 width at bottom and 1 3/4 width at top.
1 1/2 oz. shaped inner compartment.
either way these shooters will hold liquid or wood

 

[Edward Reed]

Check out this Ruby Flash EAGP whiskey glass. Ruby Flash was very popular during the tavern days of the 1890's.

seeing quite a few on ebay. a cool one from 1892 for sale that I might consider... thanks for pointing these out to me. love them!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Bumping & expanding this thread to include vintage beer & whiskey glasses with my Wm F. Cody mug In my Cody collection. Made by Culver all the detail is in 22k gold. I attended a Cody/Wild West show collectors swap meet a few times in CO & the only other one I ever saw was there.