Posted by alden w on December 19, 2003 at 21:33:38:
In Reply to: Shot Glass History posted by C_Ann_C on June 24, 2003 at 11:22:51:
: the two theories on the shotglass i have come across are/1/ little glasses that were used to hold lead shot for ink quills became shotglasses because of the lead shot used to hold the pens//2/ the glass was banged down on the bar after a drink of whiskey and made a (shot) sound as it hit-true shotglasses have the heavy base