This clear and pink number made in Sydney, Australia, by Elise Pioch Balzac is inspired by the shrimp cocktail she ate at dinner parties as a child in 1980s France. Balzac loves ­borosilicate ...

These Libbey Chicago glasses are “durable and inexpensive, have a nice shape, and work well as a specialty-cocktail glass,” he says. $26 for 12 at Webstaurant Store Buy ...

Martini glasses essentially break down into three types: V-shaped, coupe, and Nick and Nora. The first is the familiar, thin glass with the long stem reaching up to a cone with straight sides.

The earliest cocktail glasses, by contrast, held 75-90ml or just a few sips. I’ve seen pictures of Ernest Hemingway drinking Martinis not much bigger than a thimble.

Instead, on a Thursday evening in May, dozens of patrons wandered around a room inside the Tampa Edition’s Arts Club clutching long-stemmed martini glasses filled with just that — clear ...