{{refimprove|date=July 2018}} [[File:Willem Clasz. Heda - Breakfast Table with Blackberry Pie - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|''Still life with blackberry pie'', a painting by [[Willem Heda]] showing a berkemeyer lying on its side and a standing [[rummer]].]] A '''Berkemeyer''' is a drinking glass with a wide, flared bowl, dating from 15th-century [[Germany]] and the [[Netherlands]], and still made today.<ref name="BERKEMEYER">{{cite web |url=https://www.cmog.org/content/berkemeyer |website=The Corning Museum of Glass |title= Berkemeyer |accessdate=18 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Allen |first1=Peter |title=Glass Top stoves |url=https://onthegas.org/cookware/best-cookware-glass-top-stoves-reviews-2017 |accessdate=12 February 2020}}</ref> They have a characteristic green or yellow colour caused by iron impurities in the sand used for glass production. The thick, hollow stem is covered with [[prunt]]s providing a secure grip for hands greasy from feasting, similar to the [[rummer|Römer]].
Berkemeyers were originally carved from [[birch]] tree branches (''berkemei'')<ref> {{cite book|last=Hartshorne|first=Albert|title=Old English Glasses: An Account of Glass Drinking Vessels in England, from Early Times to the End of the Eighteenth Century|url={{Google books|mOAwAQAAMAAJ|page=47|plainurl=yes}}|page=47}}</ref> and were provided with lids. The prunts on the stems of glasses reminded drinkers of the rough bark of the wooden beakers, hence the association. They were frequently depicted in [[still life]]s of table settings by the [[Dutch masters]] in the 17th and 18th centuries.{{cn|date=February 2020}} [[File:Frans_Hals_-_Brustbild_eines_lachenden_Knaben_mit_Weinglas.jpg|thumb|''Jongen met glas en tinnen kan (between 1625 and 1628) [[Frans Hals]]'']] <gallery> File:Engraved berkemeyer - Vincens tu - Anna Roemers Visscher - Rijksmuseum - BK-NM-8186.jpg|Engraving by [[Anna Visscher|Anna Roemers Visscher]] (1646) </gallery>
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