Now that the Crown stamp has been replaced by the CE mark, another change seems to be afoot - foot being the operative word. Some manufacturers have moved the marking to the base of the glass, a singularly stupid place.
I spent ages gazing at glass after glass in one pub recently, trying to spot a Crown or CE stamp, to no avail. The kindly barmaid eventually showed me where to spot it.
Whose bright idea was this? Is it even legal? The marking seems to say just HALF, not HALF PINT. And since it's on the base, you can't read it until you've emptied the glass.
The offending glasses appear to be made by a new outfit called Utopia.
-- Pat Ricroft, City of Salford, UK ===============================