I thought this was the funniest thing I’d seen in a long time.  I never tire of asking people what they think it was used for.

It’s a reproduction of McKee Glass Company’s Bottoms Up shot glass.  Neat, isn’t it?  Any beverage poured into the glass definitely has to be consumed in one sip – no putting it down until then!

I didn’t know anything about it until after I bought it and tried to track down the piece’s history.  Came across this interesting article from Real or Repro: Your Online Source for Identifying Fakes or Reproductions.  Turns out that my piece does not have the requisite patent number and is a reproduction of the McKee pieces.

I often wonder where reproductions were made and how old they are.

Nonetheless I have a rich ruby red conversation piece!