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<p>[QUOTE="alex473, post: 9471078, member: 81487"]So, the mystery deepens... was looking again at the crystal glass today and happened to have my traditional tape measure out so I used it and came up with a different height measure of the glass. I originally had measured the glasses at 5 10/16" (or 5/8") tall using a sewing tape measure, but when I re-measured using a traditional tape measure, it came to 5 12/16" or 13/16" instead. I pulled them both out and, sure enough, the two tape measures do not align. They are off by close to 1/8" of an inch from one another! So, I'm not sure which is more accurate now (and, as noted, there is slight variation from one glass to the next anyway), so these glasses are anywhere from 5 10/16" to 5 13/6", and I'm not sure which is the more accurate measurement now.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also found an old chart of the Lismore line, and started to wonder if the glasses I have might not be what is labeled as the 3 oz cocktail glasses now (I don't have measurements for that, but it appears to be the shape and rough height of the glasses, and the "3 oz" size is promising, since that is exactly the size of my glasses.) The downside if I am right is that I can't seem to find any other like it![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="alex473, post: 9471078, member: 81487"]So, the mystery deepens... was looking again at the crystal glass today and happened to have my traditional tape measure out so I used it and came up with a different height measure of the glass. I originally had measured the glasses at 5 10/16" (or 5/8") tall using a sewing tape measure, but when I re-measured using a traditional tape measure, it came to 5 12/16" or 13/16" instead. I pulled them both out and, sure enough, the two tape measures do not align. They are off by close to 1/8" of an inch from one another! So, I'm not sure which is more accurate now (and, as noted, there is slight variation from one glass to the next anyway), so these glasses are anywhere from 5 10/16" to 5 13/6", and I'm not sure which is the more accurate measurement now. I also found an old chart of the Lismore line, and started to wonder if the glasses I have might not be what is labeled as the 3 oz cocktail glasses now (I don't have measurements for that, but it appears to be the shape and rough height of the glasses, and the "3 oz" size is promising, since that is exactly the size of my glasses.) The downside if I am right is that I can't seem to find any other like it![/QUOTE]
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