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PRELIMINARY

I. How does a beer glasses collection look like ?

The collector can have a passion for glasses:

	Originating from only one brewery
	Belonging to a specific geographical area
	Or, on the contrary, emanating from the entire world
	He can focus on a particular type of glass (glass on foot, mug, flute, ...)
	Or on a type of beer (Trappist, Pils, White beer, ...)
	In some cases he may limit his collection to a specific period (for example between the 2 World Wars)
	Or to a specific capacity (1 litre, 25 cl ...)
	With any other aspect according to his personal affinities

II. What about my collection ?

Personally I have a passion for :

A glance on my collection expressed in figures will give you an idea of its scope.

CHARACTERISTICS OF A COLLECTION

All the glasses presented on this site are different. However, the non initiated visitor could get the impression that some of them appear in duplicate. As a result, it seems useful to draw your attention on some characteristics which contribute to the richness of a collection. It goes without saying that these characteristics are some among much others. An exhaustive enumeration is not possible in this matter because the creativity of the brewers has no limits.

THE LOGOS

The logo is in fact the picture that symbolizes the brewery. But as far as breweriana is concerned, things are not really simple. It's up to you to get your own opinion !

• One brewery can have several logos

Brewery Artois - Leuven - Belgium

• A logo can be part of a numbered series. Here an extract of a series which includes 9 different pictures. You'll discover the complete series on the site.

• It is up to the brewery to come up with several names for a same beer or to put diffently the wording in relation to the logo

Beer "Vieux Temps" - Brewery Grade - Mont-St-Guibert - Belgium

• The same logo can have different colours :

• The logo can be enriched by additional elements : medals, a collar of ears and hop, a streamer with an inscription, ...

THE GLASS

Sometimes a same logo appears on mugs which differ only by :

• The shape

The shape can be, inter alia :

• The surface of glass

  It can be smooth

  It can have dimples (small recess in the surface of glass) or facets

• The support

It is an in the glass moulded geometrical shape on which the logo or the wording is applied.

The support can be shaped as follows :

Rectangle	Rectangle with cut corners	Circle

Oval	Shield

• The handle

It is located in relation to the logo :

Sometimes the handle is coloured : brown, green, yellow

Capacity

The capacity is or is not indicated !

When it is indicated, it appears in :

centilitres decilitres litres (decimal digit or fraction) pint (for Anglo-Saxon glasses)		In centilitres	In decilitres
		In litre	In pint

THE AGE OF THE GLASS

The technique used for the logo application is very useful when you are looking for the age and the scarcity value of the glass. The older ones are those whose logo or wording is :

OTHER CHARACTERISTICS

• Some mugs have a tin lid with or without logo

• Others have their logo engraved at the bottom

THE PARTICULAR CASE OF THE BOOTS

The shape

Most of the boots have a "traditional shape" but some of them are distinctive :

Traditional	Large foot	Large calf	Large ankle

Enrichments

Attach	Lace	Edge	Gilded border

Logo's place

The logo is generally located above the point of the boot. Sometimes it is on the side ; in that case we speak of a "point left" or a "point right".

Logo above	Point left	Point right	Several logos

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It's obviously impossible to go into all the details but I hope nevertherless having succeeded in awaking your curiosity !

You are now well set to start the visit of my site. I hope you'll enjoy it !

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