Help me find particular glassware

November 27, 2013 8:14 AM

My housemate has a couple of glasses he LOVES, and I want to find and purchase more for him for the holidays. They hold about 4.5 oz, have a relatively heavy bottom, and very thin walls that curve in a gentle hourglass shape. Here's a picture. I'd love to find these or some very like them.
posted by spindrifter to Shopping (11 answers total)

I don't see anything that's a really exact match - nothing has that swoop - but you might still go through this and see if anything hits ya?

Libbey also has some close-but-no-cigars.

If these need to actually match you can skip right over this post - good luck!
posted by ftm at 8:24 AM on November 27, 2013

ftm linked already, but yeah...Crate and Barrel is usually my go-to for "need a particular type of glassware." Unfortunately this one, which has both bells and whistles, looks to be the closest thing they've got going right now.

From amazon: ish, ish-er, also ish, slightly less ish.

Helpful search terms for you: flared glass tumbler.
posted by phunniemee at 8:42 AM on November 27, 2013

OK, so you're looking for short tumblers, aka old fashioned or rocks glasses. At the very least, using those terms on the interweb will help you narrow down your search more quickly.

If there is no mark for the manufacturer on it, I'd suggest having a look at the most places it is likely to have been bought from (Crate and Barrel, Macy's, other department stores etc).
posted by MuffinMan at 8:54 AM on November 27, 2013

Is it these?
posted by Mchelly at 9:09 AM on November 27, 2013 [2 favorites]

I also found these but I think they're more expensive than the one you're trying to match.

Are you sure it's 4.5 oz? That's tripping me up a bit here - most similar glasses seem to hold 12-13 oz
posted by Mchelly at 9:15 AM on November 27, 2013

I'd have a look at Fishs Eddy.
posted by Room 641-A at 10:10 AM on November 27, 2013

Sorta like this?
posted by islander at 11:25 AM on November 27, 2013

I have some glasses a lot like that. I got them at Target.
posted by triggerfinger at 5:04 PM on November 27, 2013

Response by poster: Thanks for the tips so far -- I'm about to go through them to check 'em out!

In response to Mchelly's question about size: Yes, they're definintely 4-5oz -- small! He really prefers these small glasses for whiskey drinks. The ones he has were a gift from his dad, so they may be really old, and clearly our tastes have turned, culturally, toward larger glasses.
posted by spindrifter at 6:25 PM on November 27, 2013

7 oz - getting closer
posted by Mchelly at 8:13 PM on November 27, 2013

Could take some time, but my local Goodwill has an amazing selection of glassware... Start checking in 2x per week, and you're bound to find something.
posted by hydra77 at 12:39 AM on November 28, 2013