[Maltsov] Wine glass (lafitnik). Maltsov factory, before 1917, H 14.5 cm, collectible condition.

[Maltsov] Wine glass (lafitnik). Maltsov factory, before 1917, H 14.5 cm, collectible condition.
Lafitnik is the name that ordinary people gave in the second half of the 19th century to rounded wine glasses, in contrast to the faceted cone-shaped vodka glasses, made of thick glass, with heavy, stable legs. The name is given by the name of the common “lordly” red wine - Lafite. Lafitnik is a term that does not indicate a measure of volume (there are lafitniks of 50, 75, 100, 125-150 ml). Its meaning is to indicate the functionality of the device from which the wine was drunk. The meaning of the name was, however, soon lost. Already from the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, lafitnik was the name given to any glass (regardless of shape) made of thin glass, expensive according to the concepts of that time, and even more so to glasses equipped with decorations.

In the 20th century, Lafitnik is already any expensive glass, including crystal; at the end of the 20th century, this name was rarely used by people of the older generation to designate any glasses of small, “neat” sizes, with a low stem. In fact, lafitnik, if we use this name, which is available only in the Russian language (but not listed either in the dictionary of V. Dahl, or in the Soviet academic (4-volume) dictionary, or in the etymological dictionary of M. Vasmer), is a glass medium size, thin glass, tulip-shaped. These are the glasses designed for red wines.

In some regions of Russia, a lafitnik is a small decanter with a narrow neck for vodka, liqueur or wine.

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