Absinthe Glasses II - Bubble Reservoirs
The rarest and most interesting style of absinthe glass - the so-called "bubble" reservoirs. Hand-blown, and
generally of artisanal or small scale production, they were made in the 1880's and 1890's but, probably
because of the difficulty in cleaning the "bubble", were never widely popular, and seem to have been
discontinued by the early 1900's. In most cases the entrance to the reservoir is only a few milimetres across.
A bubble-style absinthe glass,
with a relatively open reservoir.
The classic bubble reservoir shape, with
only a small hole at the top of the reservoir.
An unusual thistle-shaped
glass with a large open bubble
reservoir, possibly for absinthe,
although short-stemmed beer
glasses with a similar (albeit larger)
reservoir are also recorded.
An unusually large (21cm) and fine example, more elegantly
proportioned than most of these glasses.

Below: A sample of circa 1960 Pernod Tarragona louches
dramatically, as ice-water enters the bubble.
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