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Römer wineglass, Rhineland, 17th century.
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Römer wineglass, Rhineland, 17th century.
Römer wineglass, Rhineland, 17th century.

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Römer, type of wineglass evolved in Germany, especially in the Rhineland, and the Netherlands over several centuries, reaching perfection in the 17th century. The shape of the Römer is a hemisphere superimposed on a cylinder, with a hollow foot built up by coiling threads of molten glass around a conical core. Applied to the characteristic cylindrical trunk (too thick to be called a stem) are pads of glass formed into shallow or pointed spots or raspberry-like knobs. Römers were distinct from the Berkemeyer glasses, which took the form of a funnel-shaped bowl on a cylinder; both have kinship with the ...(100 of 192 words)

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