Re:Since 1700, Wine Glasses Have Gotten 7 Times Bigger
by mcguire on Monday December 18, 2017 @09:49PM
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That's exactly what I was thinking. A modern sherry or port glass is the same size as those illustrated.
Note also,
"As a supplemental unit of apothecary measure, the wineglass (also known as wineglassful, pl. wineglassesful, or cyathus vinarius in pharmaceutical Latin) was defined as 1⁄8 of a pint, or 2 fluid ounces (2 1⁄2 fluid ounces in the imperial system).[11][12] An older version (before c. 1800) was 1 1⁄2 fluid ounces.[13] These units bear little relation to the capacity of most contemporary wineglasses, or to the ancient Roman cyathus."
Note also,
"As a supplemental unit of apothecary measure, the wineglass (also known as wineglassful, pl. wineglassesful, or cyathus vinarius in pharmaceutical Latin) was defined as 1⁄8 of a pint, or 2 fluid ounces (2 1⁄2 fluid ounces in the imperial system).[11][12] An older version (before c. 1800) was 1 1⁄2 fluid ounces.[13] These units bear little relation to the capacity of most contemporary wineglasses, or to the ancient Roman cyathus."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_glass