What is a Shot Glass?
One of the things that I have noticed after years of collecting is that the term shotglass means different things to different people. (I personally do not care if you call them a “Shotglass” or “Shot Glass”) I have visited numerous antique stores that were selling all kinds of things labeled as shotglasses, and I have purchased plenty of glasses that were labeled as a “toothpick holder”and even a pair labeled “candle sticks” There are at least two ways that I can think of to define a shotglass: by “form” — what it looks like or by “function” — what it is used for. Most people think of a shot glass as a small glass with thick sides and a thick base that holds about 1 ounce of liquid. This would be the “definition by form,” but there are other “forms” including the “double” and the newer, tall thin “shooter” which are also shots, but they do not fit this “classic” definition. I prefer a more “functional” definition: a shotglass is a glass used to “do a shot,” that is, a glass used to
