Catalogue no. BBG004

Lutgarde

festival glass

Brewery: Brasserie de l’Abbaye d’Aywiers
Beer style: Belgian Blond
Glass style: Speciality / Novelty
Capacity: 15cl
Place: Lasne (Aywiers) (Wallonia)

Curator’s Notes

These three reusable plastic Lutgarde glasses came home with me from a Brussels Christmas market in 2025, before there was really a collection for them to join. At just 15cl each, they sit somewhere between a small beer glass and a tasting measure.

There is little subtlety to the design: translucent plastic carries Lutgarde's colourful shushing nun branding, with the same image repeated on each glass. But their place in the Museum is less about the design than what they represent. Reusable plastic cups of this kind are a familiar sight at Belgian beer festivals, markets and other events, often issued against a deposit and returned for washing and reuse.

They are modest objects, but Belgian beer culture does not exist only in elaborate goblets and brewery glassware. Sometimes it comes in 15cl of plastic at a Christmas market.

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