Sour Glass (1934); Pilsener Glass (1935); Tomato Knife (1956)

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SOUR GLASS

   OED has no entry for "sour glass."


  Display Ad 54 -- No Title; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Apr 21, 1937; pg. 14, 1 pgs

  Display Ad 75 -- No Title; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Mar 17, 1937; pg. 20, 1 pgs

  Display Ad 19 -- No Title; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Jul 15, 1936; pg. X21, 1 pgs

  Display Ad 8 -- No Title; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Jun 19, 1934; pg. 7, 1 pgs
("SPECIAL glasses for whiskey sours, 10.00 per dozen (and if you have ever tried to find whiskey sour glasses, you know that you usually get a bewildered look)."  Sold by Saks Fifth Avenue--ed.)

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PILSENER GLASS

   OED has 1966 for "Pilsener glass."  I checked for "Pilsener" and "Pilsner."


  Display Ad 49 -- No Title; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Nov 30, 1941; pg. 48, 1 pgs
(A Macy's ad shows several glasses, including "Pilsener"--ed.)

  New Things in City Shops: For the Place in the Country; The Five-and-Tens Offer a Great Variety Not Only in China and Glassware but Also in Other Items for the House and for Picnics; By CHARLOTTE HUGHES; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Jul 6, 1941; pg. D7, 1 pgs
("...tall sloping pilsener glasses on round bases;...")

  BLACKOUT for BEER?; A Germany without beer, the ideal of the present rulers of the State, seems a strange and melancholy prospect.; By CLAIR PRICE, European and Times Wide World; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Oct 27, 1940; pg. 115, 1 pgs
("...and some note of lyric happiness would sing in the depths of his orderly German soul as he worked out the number of tall tapering Pilsener glasses or the number of Bavarian mugs that would be filled by that ocean of German beer.")

  Display Ad 9 -- No Title; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Dec 25, 1935; pg. 9, 1 pgs
("30 dozen Pilsner glasses in plaid design" is in an ad for B. Altman & Co., Fifth Avenue and 34th Street.  The place that once sold Pilsner glasses now houses the NYPL's Science Industry, and Business Library, where they can't find all my books--ed.)


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TOMATO KNIFE

   Not in OED.  WEBSTER'S NEW WORLD DICTIONARY OF CULINARY ARTS has an entry and an illustration.  I'll add it here to please the tomato crowd out there, before I forget.



  Display Ad 75 -- No Title; The Washington Post (1974-Current file), Washington, D.C.; Jun 9, 1977; pg. B13, 1 pgs

  Display Ad 1043 -- No Title; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Oct 3, 1976; pg. 21, 1 pgs

  Display Ad 36 -- No Title; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; May 17, 1968; pg. 23, 1 pgs

  Display Ad 3 -- No Title; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Oct 16, 1965; pg. 4, 1 pgs

  For Tangy Treats Use Cottage Cheese; The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973), Washington, D.C.; Jun 17, 1965; pg. D9, 1 pgs

  Display Ad 6 -- No Title; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Mar 6, 1965; pg. 7, 1 pgs

  News of the Advertising and Marketing Fields; Methods of Promoting Scientifc Advances Come Under Attack; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Nov 8, 1956; pg. 66, 1 pgs

  Food: Cookie Forms; Wood Blocks Can Press Out Such Shapes As Gingerbread Men, Birds and Animals ; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Sep 12, 1956; pg. 43, 1 pgs
("Bazar Francais also has a tomato knife ($1.98) with a serrated edge that permits the softest tomato to be cleanly sliced.")