Highball Glasses: Here's How Cocktail Recipes, Red & Gold, Set of 2, Jeannette, Vintage 1960s

Cocktail hour with the recipe printed right on the glass: these two red and gold “Here’s How” highballs bring a bit of mid-century home-bar fun.

• Maker: Jeannette Glass Company
• Pattern: Here's How
• Materials: Glass
• Dimensions: 5.5 inches Tall, 2.75 inches in Diameter (top opening)
• Origin: USA
• Era: Vintage 1960s
• Condition: Good vintage condition.  The red and white sections are holding up very well, while some of the areas with gold decorations have noticeable wear. The gold rims are barely visible, very worn.  No chips or cracks. Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final.

Each glass is decorated in red, white, and gold enamel with mid-century cocktail recipes, and the recipes on these glasses include Tom Collins, Mint Julep, Bloody Mary, and Singapore Sling. They sit among illustrations of lemon wedges, olives, cocktail glasses, shakers, and a chianti bottle in its basket, along with lettering like “100 proof.” Together they make a lively little tour of the classic mid-century cocktail menu.

Pulled out for a retro cocktail party, a pair like these keeps the drink to mix printed right on the glass, with no recipe card required. Sought by collectors of mid-century barware and cocktail-themed glassware, and enjoyed by anyone with a fondness for retro home-bar style.

Glasses of this design are found in jobber boxes printed “‘Here’s How Beverage Set” by Brown & Gravenson, Inc. of New York, and in boxes marked “Crystal Classics by Jeannette Glass Co.,”.  Brown & Gravenson Inc. was not a glass manufacturer, but a major New York-based advertising, sales promotion, and marketing agency that operated heavily during the mid-20th century (predominantly the 1950s and 1960s), so the actual glass was made by Jeannette Glass Co. Jeannette began as a bottle works in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, in the late 1880s and became the Jeannette Glass Company in 1898. It is best known for its colorful Depression-era tableware, and it kept producing glassware until it closed in 1983. 

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