Bottomless Glass

115 entries in Glass / Bottomless Glass
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Abenteuer eines Eies und Irrfahrten eines Tuches by "E. C. from Munich", longer routine with egg, egg cup, glass, silk and candle
Related to Feb. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 2) 21
Unknown Das Glas ohne Boden egg vanish application, or vanishing other things, glass disc to be able to drink out of the glass
Related to Mar. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 3) 40
Unknown Einst und Jetzt egg in glass and covered, silk changes to egg, in glass is now silk, fake explanation, repeat with marked silk and egg
 		Mar. 1896 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 7) 102
Antonio Molini On the Bottomless Glass removable insert to be able to have liquid in bottomless glass
Related to Jan. 1897 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 1) 9
Hans Meckel Das unter einem Glas erscheinende und wieder verschwindende Ei egg appears and vanishes under glass under handkerchief cover
Also published here May 1898 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 5) 75
Samuel "St. Roman" Thiersfeld Die Reise durch die Luft No. 40, small flower bouquet travels from hand to covered glass, bottomless glass, with gimmick so one can drink from it first
 		1899 Jedermann Zauberkünstler! 112
August Roterberg Zum Ei- und Tuchkunststück signed egg placed in glass and covered, it transposes with borrowed silk
Related to July 1899 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 7) 102
Unknown Wie man ein Tuch in ein Glas bringt about loading a silk into a bottomless glass
Related to May 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 5) 74
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Die im Glase erscheinende Rose rose vanishes from hands (pull), then rose appears in glass
 		May 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 5) 71
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli 4. Das Verschwindeglas bottomless glass design and applications
 		1902 Moderne Magie 59
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli V. Spiritistische Spiegelfechtereien
  • 1. Wanderung von Tinte und Wasser (ink and water transposition, glass and bottle)
  • 2. Die Macht der magischen Mixtur (silk vanish, one placed over candle vanishes in a flash, silk appears in small bottle)
  • 3. Feuer und Wasser (water starts to burn)
  • 4. Das verschwindende Wasserglas (glass filled with water vanishes under handkerchief)
 		1902 Moderne Magie 92
Unknown The Bottomless Tumbler with basic applications, stealing ball out, removing only part of the bottom so an egg stays within until glass is shaken, cover to allow liquid inside
 		1903 Later Magic 92
Unknown The Rose in the Glass production in tabled glass with Heller and De Vere Table, as traveling effect
 		1903 Later Magic 100
Unknown To Catch Rings on the Wand three borrowed rings vanish from glass, reappear on end of wand one by one
 		1903 Later Magic 191
Hans Meckel New Egg and Tumbler Trick glass upside-down on table with handkerchief cover, egg appears and vanishes in glass
Also published here 1903 Later Magic 417
Unknown An Illustration of Free Trade Principles elaborate routine with silk and egg
Related toAlso published here 1903 Later Magic 418
Wilhelm Zimmermann Ring- und Tuch-Kunststück borrowed finger ring knotted in silk and put in glass, vanishes there and reappears in chosen bread roll, silk and ring vanish again, ring in nest of boxes that was given to spectator at the beginning
 		May 1904 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 5) 74
Wilhelm Zimmermann Eine Verbesserung des Kunststücks "Das Verschwinden eines Eies unter einem Trinkglase" egg vanishes from under glass which is sitting on a glass plate
 		Oct. 1904 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 10) 163
T. Nelson Downs The Latest Egg, Handkerchief and Glass Trick egg in tumbler changes place with silk in hand, gaffed table
Also published here 1909 The Art of Magic 300
Unknown The Coin Glass coin to glass, with assistant
 		1935 Coin Magic 35
Charles Waller A Visible Penetration silk through silk with glass
 		1938 Greater Magic 600
Tommy Dowd Tommy Dowd's Rising Cards cards rise while isolated in two glasses
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 265
Unknown An Egg Gag when proving that an egg is real, a spectator holds a glass and the egg is cracked open, bottomless glass
 		1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 48) 199
Tom Osborne Five Coin Routine five coins are produced and put in bottom less glass, more coins are produced
 		1943/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3 173
Laurie Ireland Utility Glass trick glass, moveable bottom
 		1946 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1946) 13
Laurie Ireland, U. F. Grant The Shrinking Glass of Milk in combination with Bossie Cow
 		1947 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1947) 18
John Brown Cook, Arthur H. Buckley A Chance in a Billion bill put in a glass and covered with handkerchief
 		1947 Gems of Mental Magic 41
U. F. Grant A Coin Trick with Music empty glass with silk set aside, coins travel audibly into it, clinking sound on record with music
 		Oct. 1948 Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 1 & 2) 5
Don Tanner The Impossible Flight card travels between two glasses that are opening to opening and sealed with tape
 		Apr. 1949 Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 7) 8
Ronald B. Edwards Spongball Levitation in a glass
 		1950 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 206) 824
Al Baker Egg Finale gag with egg and glass
Also published here 1951 Pet Secrets 108
Malcolm McCallum Tip on Bottomless Glass to conceal cut in glass better
 		1953 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1953) 13
Dr. Stanley Jaks Billets Deux billet in glass, covered by handkerchief is divined
Also published here 1954 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 299) 1194
Dr. Spencer Thornton Using Your Bottomless Glass prediction of a card put in a glass and covered by a handkerchief
 		1958 Thornton's Secrets of Mental Magic 26
Dr. Stanley Jaks Billetdeux billet in glass, covered by handkerchief is divined
Also published here 1961 Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse 53
North Bigbee, Al Baker Ball and Glass
Inspired by 1962 The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 374) 325
Burl Sparks The Golf Balls & Hat combination of multiplying golf balls, hat, wand and bottomless glass
 		1964 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1963-64) 8
Karl Fulves The Black Room silk/tissue of chosen color travels from glass tumbler behind spectator's back to wrapped tumbler
Related to
  • p. 20 for idea by Sid Lorraine
 Nov. 1965 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 1) 4
Burl Sparks Tricky Farmer routine with golf story using several effects, multiplying golf balls, egg bag,
 		1966 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66) 14
Mike Rogers Pouring Pennies Through a Table glass of pennies is poured through table, bottomless glass
 		1966 The New Modern Coin Magic 412
The Amazing Maurice on Satan's Seal one of four coins chosen, predicted
Inspired by Oct. 1966 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 12) 61
Tony Cole Inversion inverted glass with ring inside covered with paper tube, rice poured in, rice and ring transpose
Related to
  • p. 88 for further comments
 Jan. 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 3) 73
Alan Brown, Al Baker The Borgia Glass two balls in glass penetrate silk around glass
Inspired byRelated to
  • p. 133 for suggestion by David Harrell
 Sep. 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 11) 119
Dr. Stanley Jaks In memoriam Dr. Jaks billet in glass, covered by handkerchief is divined
Also published here 1967 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 28 No. 6) 88
Walter J. Gydesen Ball that Went On A Trip ball vanishes from glass and appears inside other glass, covered with other inverted glass and handkerchief
 		1968 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1967-68) 56
Sam Lebeoff A Canticle candle does not extinguish underneath glass, but when it is removed
 		Jan. 1969 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 3) 233
Frank Travis The Ball Bounces using Slotted Glass, coins placed in handkerchief and in tumbler, rubber ball on top and silk with coins are extracted
 		1970 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70) 61
Alan Shaxon A Milky Opening routine where milk disappears in a paper cone and in a hat, with glasses
Also published here 1970 My Kind of Magic 11
Jack Posetary Gremlin Glass coin in glass, ball on top, second glass moved in and out and ball jumps to other glass
 		May 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 7) 337
Robert Parrish Cups & Coins four different coins and cups, spectator drops coin in any cup, under cup is prediction of that coin, bottomless paper cups
Related to Summer 1974 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 9th Folio) 771
Karl Fulves Comedy Coke in the Hat paper cup in hat, liquid poured in, apparently goes wrong
 		1977 The Magic Book 146
Tan Hock Chuan The Dissolving Ball Red ball dissolves in water, turns water red
 		1977 The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan 20
J. F. Orrin Ein Guter Eröffnungstrick glass covered with tube, milk poured in and shown in glass, glass and milk both vanish from tube
Also published here
  • Abracadabra #1339, Sep. 1971
 Dec. 1978 Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 4) 148
Ken Brooke Another Routine for the Locking Bill Tube marked bill is folded and rubber-banded and put in glass with silk on top, travels into bill tube
 		1980 Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years 103
Tan Hock Chuan Bottomless Glass Finesse cellophane bottom
 		1980 Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years 103
Mike Caveney Triple Penetration nest of glasses, spectator's ring vanishes on top of the biggest reversed glass which is covered with a handkerchief and found in the smallest one
 		1982 Ideas 8
Joseph Dunninger Mysterious billet steal with bottomless glass
 		1983 Master Billet Tests 8
Karrell Fox The "Foxy" Nest O' Bags finger ring in nest of bags, glass with rolled up silk in final bag
 		1986 For My Next Trick... 119
Terry Seabrooke Give Me A Ring two glasses filled with milk, ring travels from glass to glass, Okito glasses
 		1986 Seabrooke's Book 91
Alan Shaxon Eine milchige Eröffnung routine where milk disappears in a paper cone and in a hat, with glasses
Also published here 1986 Das Alan Shaxon Seminar 1986 5
Dai Vernon The Peripatetic Walnuts walnuts travel one by one from hand to under can-covered glass
Related toVariations 1988 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2 80
Karl Fulves Mystic Dime No. 66, coins travel from one paper cup to another under the table
 		1989 Self-Working Coin Magic 82
Alexander de Cova, Peter Warlock Okito Glass Coin Vanish with glass and silk
Also published here 1992 Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 1 No. 6) 22
Steve "Banachek" Shaw Bill-Z-Bub bill in glass covered with handkerchief
Variations July 1992 Magick (Issue 474) 2369
Alexander de Cova Der Ring-o-matic Effect ring penetrates on rope when middle of rope is lowered down into hat where ring is in glass, repeat
Also published here 1993 Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 2 No. 5) 59
Alexander de Cova Das gibt es nicht! ring penetrates on rope when middle of rope is lowered down into hat where ring is in glass, repeat
Also published here 1993 Seminarnotizen Steyr 1993 14
Alan Wakeling The Liquid Sand Routine beer, milk and red wine are mixed in a champagne bucket, then glasses are used to take out the liquids separately again
Inspired by
  • William Larsen idea inspired by Jack Gwynne's Sands of Egypt, Genii, Dec. 1941
 1993 The Magic of Alan Wakeling 77
Alexander de Cova Das gibt es nicht! ring penetrates on rope when middle of rope is lowered down into hat where ring is in glass, repeat
Also published here 1993 Das Alexander de Cova Seminar 1993 15
Alexander de Cova, Peter Warlock Multiple Sound Vanish with glass and silk
Also published here 1994 Secrets No. 1 74
Alexander de Cova Ring-o-matic ring penetrates on rope when middle of rope is lowered down into hat where ring is in glass, repeat
Also published here 1994 Secrets No. 1 94
Karl Fulves Out of Nowhere No. 32, producing any item from a paper cup, for example a toy car
 		1995 Easy Magic 45
Harry Riser The Walnuts Trick walnuts travel one by one from hand to under can-covered glass
Inspired by 1996 The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser 19
Cliff E. Stanyon Mit Dank an Milbourne Christopher milk travels from glass to glass, behind paravents
Inspired by
  • "Quick Trip" (Milbourne Christopher)
 1998 Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 1) 17
Barrie Richardson A String and Two Borrowed Rings two borrowed rings and a loop of cord link and unlink a few times, with paper cup
  • Phase One: The Rings Link
  • Phase 2: The Ring Off Cord
  • Phase 3: The Rings On Cord
Also published here
  • Club 71, Halloween 1993
 1999 Theater of the Mind 139
Unknown Okitoglas water becomes red in glass, then silk produced
 		1999 Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2) 69
Walter Rollins, Howard Wurst Han Ping Cheat classic Han Ping Ching routine with six coins and a ring, but done with coins in paper cups instead of hands
Related to 1999 Discoverie (Issue 1) 6
Tony Garza Glass Hypnosis milk in glass changes into rolled-up white paper
 		2000 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 4) 84
Karl Seikel Herstellung einer Flasche (Glas) "ohne Boden" making a bottomless bottle
 		2000 Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 2) 71
Alexander de Cova Ring-o-matic ring penetrates on rope when middle of rope is lowered down into hat where ring is in glass, repeat
Also published here 2002 Homemade Magic 14
Andrew G. Waring Kling-Klang - Second Method: Improved Version
Also published here Mar. 2002 Genii (Vol. 65 No. 3) 61
T. Nelson Downs Kling-Klang - Third Method: Without a Stodare Egg egg in tumbler changes place with silk in hand, gaffed table
Also published here Mar. 2002 Genii (Vol. 65 No. 3) 61
Adrian Plate Kling-Klang - Fourth Method: Adrian Plate Version, No Duplicates
Also published here Mar. 2002 Genii (Vol. 65 No. 3) 61
Charlie Miller Kling-Klang - Sixth Method: The Charles Miller Refinements
Also published here Mar. 2002 Genii (Vol. 65 No. 3) 62
Unknown Kling-Klang - Seventh Method: Enter the "Sucker" Ploy
Also published here Mar. 2002 Genii (Vol. 65 No. 3) 63
Gordon James Bell Kling-Klang - Ninth Method: I've Got Your Money bill used to cover egg in glass
Also published here Mar. 2002 Genii (Vol. 65 No. 3) 65
Fred DeMuth Kling-Klang - Tenth Method: Eggo
Also published here Mar. 2002 Genii (Vol. 65 No. 3) 66
Jeffrey Norris Kling-Klang - Thirteenth Method: An Eggy Problem
Also published here Mar. 2002 Genii (Vol. 65 No. 3) 67
Hen Fetsch Kling-Klang - Fifteenth Method: "Kling-Klang" Twentieth Century
Also published here Mar. 2002 Genii (Vol. 65 No. 3) 69
Unknown The Bottomless Glass in conjunction with egg that can hold inside or fall through
 		2002 The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic 31
Hans Meckel Egg from Empty Glass - First Method: Meckel's Approach glass upside-down on table with handkerchief cover, egg appears and vanishes in glass
Also published here 2002 The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic 52
Alex De Vega Egg from Empty Glass - Fourth Method: De Vega's Variant egg appears visibly in glass
Also published here
  • "De Vega's Egg in Glass" (The Sphinx, Vol. 18 No. 5, July 1919, p. 118)
 2002 The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic 54
Andrew G. Waring Kling-klang - Second Method: Improved Version
Also published here 2002 The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic 134
T. Nelson Downs Kling-klang - Third Method: Without a Stodare Egg egg in tumbler changes place with silk in hand, gaffed table
Also published here 2002 The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic 134
Adrian Plate Kling-klang - Fourth Method: Adrian Plate Version, Without Duplicates
Related to
  • Encyclopedia of Silk Magic, Vol. 3, 1962, p. 131
Also published here 		2002 The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic 135
Charlie Miller Kling-klang - Sixth Method: The Charles Miller Refinements
Also published here 2002 The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic 137
Unknown Kling-klang - Seventh Method: Enter the "Sucker" Ploy
Also published here 2002 The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic 138
Gordon James Bell Kling-klang - Ninth Method: I've Got Your Money bill used to cover egg in glass
Also published here 2002 The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic 141
Fred DeMuth Kling-klang - Tenth Method: Eggo
Also published here 2002 The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic 142
Jeffrey Norris Kling-klang - Thirteenth Method: An Eggy Problem
Also published here 2002 The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic 144
Hen Fetsch Kling-klang - Fifteenth Method: Kling-klang Twentieth Century
Also published here 2002 The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic 146
Alex De Vega The Changeable Egg egg appears, changes into many small eggs, they vanish, egg reappears and vanishes with glass a few times
Also published here
  • "The Wandering Egg" (The Sphinx, Vol. 16 No. 10, Dec. 1917, p. 195)
 2002 The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic 278
Unknown An Illustration of Free Trade Principles elaborate routine with silk and egg
Also published here 2002 The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic 290
Al Baker Egg Finale gag with egg and glass
Also published here 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets) 456
Al Baker Ball and Glass two balls in glass penetrate silk around glass, clever
VariationsAlso published here
  • marketed 1941
 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Instructions) 537
Al Baker Two Ideas of Al Baker ideas for the penetration of one glass through another filled one
Also published here
  • Genii, Vol. 36 No. 11, Nov. 1972
 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magazines) 605
Al Baker Liquid through Solid glass through glass with liquid
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 29 No. 10, Dec. 1930
 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magazines) 635
Alexander de Cova Ring-o-matik ring penetrates on rope when middle of rope is lowered down into hat where ring is in glass, repeat
 		2011 Seminar-Leviten 8
Patrick Page The Egg Trick bottomless glass is held by spectator, egg is cracked, gag
 		2011 Magic Page by Page 288
J. W. Sarles Glass Trap coin in glass, another glass nested inside, coin penetrates into upper glass
 		2012 Prolix (Issue 10) 657
Alexander de Cova Ringomatic ring penetrates on rope when middle of rope is lowered down into hat where ring is in glass, repeat
Also published here Mar. 2013 New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 5) 31
Dr. Stanley Jaks Billets Deux billet in glass, covered by handkerchief is divined
Also published here 2014 The Incredible Dr. Jaks 105
Alexander de Cova Ringomatic ring penetrates on rope when middle of rope is lowered down into hat where ring is in glass, repeat
Also published here 2015 Burners — Vol. 2 21
Alexander de Cova Multiple Coin Vanish with glass and silk
Also published here 2016 Burners — Vol. 4 175
Michael Sondermeyer, Karl-Heinz Latz Eine Münzwanderung shown to Latz by unknown American soldier, coins vanish from glass and appear in spectator's hand
 		2019 Seminar 2019 27
Dai Vernon Three Walnuts to Glass walnuts travel one by one from hand to under can-covered glass, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
Related to 2022 Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic 98