(2) Glencairn Whisky Glasses from Edradour and Old Rip Van Winkle Distilleries. Both come in a protective box/case. One bears the logo of the Scottish distillery on the side, the other the famous scripted name found on the difficult-to-acquire bottles of Pappy. Both stamped on the underside with the official "The Glencairn Glass" moniker. 

Provenance: The Edradour glass comes in the original box from the tasting room in Pitlochry, Scotland, acquired on a trip to Scotland in 2019. The Old Rip Van Winkle glass in the cylindrical red gift box came from the Buffalo Trace Distillery, acquired on a trip to Kentucky in 2017. 

Condition: Pristine glasses. Edradour box shows signs of wear and tear. 

Largest Box Size: 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. 

The Glencairn whisky glass is a style of glass intended for tasting, smelling, and drinking whisky, developed and produced by Glencairn Crystal Ltd, in East Kilbride, a town near Glasgow, Scotland since 1981. It was originally designed by Raymond Davidson, managing director of the company, as part of a long-standing quest among Scottish distillers, glassmakers, and alcohol aficionados to create the perfect shape of glass to affect the three major sensations of taste, sight, and smell. The shape of the glass is derived from the traditional nosing copitas used in whisky labs around Scotland, and was finalized with the aid of master blenders from five of the largest whisky companies in Scotland, finally going into mass production in 2001 after exhaustive testing. Additional mini-Glencairns and broader Canadian Glencairns have been introduced since then, with manufacturing expanding rapidly after the Pappy Van Winkle-led bourbon boom of the mid 2000s, leading to most production now taking place at facilities in Poland. The vast majority of glasses in circulation are of the lead-free crystal variety, with a soda-lime variation that was discontinued in 2008, and the Glencairn is the first style to be endorsed by the Scotch Whisky Association for use by every whisky company in Scotland and Ireland, making it now the ubiquitous choice (with occasional regional variance) for consumers across the globe.

Pristine glasses. Edradour box shows signs of wear and tear. 

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