Drink festively from this wine glass like at a baroque Venetian banquet, Italy. 17th century.

Height of glass 15 cm

The 'Römer' glasses with their bulbous shape are a glass form that has been popular since the Middle Ages until today. The ribbed foot of the glass is decorated with beautiful berry elements. Glasses of this type are shown in numerous still lifes. 18th century.

Height of glass 12.5 cm

This Renaissance glass on a high stand came in fashion from Venice - the tradition-rich glassmaker's center on the Mediterranean, and it is the still common form of our modern wine glasses. Glasses in the this style lie very well in the hand and shine princely. 16th century.

Height of glass 17 cm

This Renaissance glass on a high stand came in fashion from Venice - the tradition-rich glassmaker's center on the Mediterranean, and it is the still common form of our modern wine glasses. Glasses in the this style lie very well in the hand and shine princely. 16th century.

Height of glass 13.5 cm

This Renaissance glass on a high stand came in fashion from Venice - the tradition-rich glassmaker's center on the Mediterranean, and it is the still common form of our modern wine glasses. Glasses in the this style lie very well in the hand and shine princely. 16th century.

Height of glass 17 cm

Bellied decanter with attached handle from the Renaissance period. On the shoulder, the vessel is decorated with a notched string of thread. 16th century.

Height of glass 16 cm

This glass was reconstructed on the basis of current archaeological finds during excavations in Luther's residential building in Wittenberg. Guests at the House of Luther: Lucas and Barbara Cranach, Philip Melanchthon, Thomas Müntzer, Johannes Bugenhagen and Georg Spalatin. These and many other contemporaries, together with Katharina and Martin Luther, certainly drank wine from glasses in exactly this form. 16th century.

Height of glass 10 cm

The model for this glass stems from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's private collection and can be viewed today in the Goethe National Museum in Weimar. Goethe probably brought this drinking glass along from one of his journeys to Bohemia. Replicas like this are still made today in traditional handwork in Bohemia and Thuringia.

Height of glass 9,5 cm