Thursday, December 6, 2011

What’s a “merese”. Tom Dimitroff in his e-mail sending us pictures used that term. Michael Krummer responded asking the question of what that term refers to.

We’ve had two responses, basically referring to David Whitehouse’s dictionary of glass.

Dear Alan,

Glass: A Pocket Dictionary of Terms Commonly used to Describe Glass and Glassmaking, compiled by David Whitehouse, which our museum published in 1993, defines “merese” as “A flattened collar-like knop placed between the bowl and stem, on the stem, or between the stem and foot of a wineglass”. It is a commonly used term in describing English and Continental glasses, and it must have some French or Italian root.

Sorry I can’t be of more help.

Jane Shadel Spillman
Curator of American Glass
The Corning Museum of Glass

Scott Hansen responds with the same reference to the pocket version of that dictionary, but then adds

I find David’s dictionary to be indispensable and it can be purchased online from the Corning Museum GlassMarket (www.cmog.org) at a retail price of $9.95 but it is now on sale for $6.97

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