Shatter-proof pints are set to be trialled before being introduced to British pubs in a bid to cut down on "glassing" injuries.
Two prototype pint glasses unveiled in London on Thursday are designed to prevent injuries caused by nearly 87,000 glass attacks each year.
Made of glass with a resin coating to stop them from shattering into loose and dangerous shards, they will undergo intensive tests before they are ready to be piloted in pubs and bars.
Home Secretary Alan Johnson hoped the designs would end the horror of glassing attacks.
"Glassing causes horrific injuries and has a lasting and devastating impact on victims and their families," he said.
"While this is never going to be the only answer to preventing such violence, it is an important step forward which could also provide retailers and drinkers with a preferable alternative to plastic glasses."
The first design, Glass Plus, looks like a regular pint glass but has a thin transparent coating of bio-resin on the inside, making it stronger and binding together dangerous shards if broken.
The second, called Twin Wall, is made by bonding two ultra-thin layers of glass together in a concept similar to laminated car windscreens.
It makes the glass extremely difficult to break, but in the event that it does smash, any dangerous shards would be safely held together by a layer of resin.
