How and when Cups and Glasses were invented?

In ancient times, man used hollow horns of animals, hard shells of vegetables, coconuts, eggshells and even a skull as a vessel. This went on till the third century when the art of glass making was developed in Rome. Now cups and glasses were made of glass. However, with the fall of the Roman Empire, this art was buried in the pages of history. In the 16^th century, Europeans revived the art of glass making. These cups and glasses could not be used in the local market because they broke when exported. To overcome this problem, large tin glasses with a handle were developed in America. These glasses were quite handy. In the 17^th century, glasses of animal hide were made. These were made by stitching the smoothened hide of animals and fixed with silver lace on all sides. Then came wooden glasses. In India, disposable glasses and cups of clay were also quite popular. The importance of disposable glasses was acknowledged during times of epidemic. In 1908, inexpensive paper cups and glasses flooded the market and are still quite popular all over the world, thereafter replaced by plastic and thermacol.