THE ANTIQUE Liqueur glasses
As we stock up the larder with festive treats, who can resist adding a bottle or two of liqueur to the shopping list? Drambuie for grandad, Cointreau for grandma and Baileys for the founders of the feast (when they finally put their feet up on Christmas Day). Liqueurs, which are alcohol mixed with extra flavours and sugar, evolved from the herbal elixirs made and prized by monks many centuries ago. Just as the liqueurs themselves are special and seasonal, so are the small glasses we drink them from. In the 19th century, the range of vessels available for different types of alcohol blossomed, and sets of small liqueur glasses, sometimes with dinky decanters too, remained popular well into the 20th century. The glasses often had very elegant, long stems, and another popular type resembled miniature glass mugs
