What kind of glasses are these?

Please if you could help identify these i would be grateful. Thank you in advance.

 

My guess would be a claret

 

Now im really dumb but is that the type of glass they are or the style? Thank you

 

That is the style. It was specifically made to drink Claret wine out of. It may be a little small for that though, but google claret glass. Wait for others to chime in, I could be wrong.

 

Thanks again

 

There are no dumb questions Amber. We all have to learn someplace.

 

Thank you!

 

italian feeling. Martini. or small venitian ice coffee.

 

I say Liqueur ......

 

maybe Sherry............I haven't had a good sherry in a long time...

 

Thank you

 

Welcome, Amber.
And please ask away, as Bdigger said, there are no dumb questions.

I would think liqueur or fortified wine (sherry, port, madeira) as well.

 

I have come up with cordial/sherry glasses. Just unable to find any that are 4" tall still but working on it

 

Welcome to Antiquers Amber!

 

Thank you

 

Hi,
As my first message, something which has a lot of interest for me, the form is called historically in German Pokal, goblet in english, and is venetian since the 16th century, called "in venetian style", or "manière de Venise" when old but with an other european provenience than Venise.
Here it is the 20th century interpretation made as said by contibutors for use like cherry glass and many other purposes, but originally there is a wine glass form.

 

So they are wine glasses and originate from germany, if i am understanding correctly? And are they glass or crystal? They are very delicate.

 

Welcome to Antiquers Lecollectionneur!

 

Originally, the first ones come fron Venise in Italy, after that they were copied since the end of the 16th century especially in Holland, in what is now Germany, in Switzerland less in France.
Normally they are glass, often high quality and purity, more lighter they are more ancient, the modern ones when fine quality can be delicate and a good method to determine if they are cristal is the weight, the thickness, the engraving, the examples from komokwa are certainly fine glass, if you look at the foot, you can see some traces from the tool to form the disk, those are high quality of polishing, certainly end of the 19th century or beginning of the 20th made in Czechoslovakya were they conserve quality and know-how.
The small versions made in England for free masons are heavy, they have to support shock on the table in ceremonial use, I think it's the design the most used with variations just before the design called "goblet".
Cristal examples are heavy with high polished surfaces thicker than glass.