There are jugs, bowls and dishes and then there are glasses - glasses over which vines or hops run riot; tiny glasses, huge glasses, glasses with no stem and deep bowls, glasses that are all stem, surmounted with a delicate bowl. And the shapes - circular of course, but also conical, square and twisted. New glass is one of the most creative and productive of areas today and craftsmen use it as fancifully as they did in 15th century Venice. Modern glasses come in traditional shapes - tumblers, goblets, flutes and in an exciting range of colours.