An apparatus for rotating articles of glassware that are sequentially indexed into and out of an inspection station supporting a glassware article to be inspected in vertical fashion on a surface, the inspection station having rollers (296,298) for supporting the glassware article in the inspection station for rotation on a side opposite a side of the glassware article to be engaged by said apparatus for rotating glassware articles, said apparatus for rotating glassware articles comprising: a base member for installation in a fixed position with respect to the inspection station on the side of the glassware article when supported in the inspection station opposite the side of the glassware article supported by the rollers (296,298); a carriage member mounted on said base member for movement toward and away from the glassware article when supported in the inspection station, said carriage member having opposite proximal and distal ends, said distal end being closest to the inspection station and said proximal end being furthest from the inspection station; a ware rotate wheel that is rotatably mounted on said carriage member near said distal end thereof such that a portion of said ware rotate wheel extends outwardly proximate said distal end of said carriage member; a motor having a drive belt pulley driven by said motor; and a ware rotate belt mounted on said drive belt pulley and coupled to said ware rotate wheel, said motor thereby driving both said ware rotate belt and said ware rotate wheel; characterised in that the ware rotate belt is mounted on the ware rotate wheel and rotates about the ware rotate wheel through more than 180 degrees; and a portion of said ware rotate belt is located upon a portion of said ware rotate wheel that extends outwardly proximate said distal end of said carriage member, said ware rotate belt contacting the side of the glassware article when supported in the inspection station opposite the side of the glassware article supported by the rollers (296, 298) to rotate the glassware article. a base member for installation in a fixed position with respect to the inspection station on the side of the glassware article when supported in the inspection station opposite the side of the glassware article supported by the rollers (296,298); a carriage member mounted on said base member for movement toward and away from the glassware article when supported in the inspection station, said carriage member having opposite proximal and distal ends, said distal end being closest to the inspection station and said proximal end being furthest from the inspection station; a ware rotate wheel that is rotatably mounted on said carriage member near said distal end thereof such that a portion of said ware rotate wheel extends outwardly proximate said distal end of said carriage member; a motor having a drive belt pulley driven by said motor; and a ware rotate belt mounted on said drive belt pulley and coupled to said ware rotate wheel, said motor thereby driving both said ware rotate belt and said ware rotate wheel; characterised in that the ware rotate belt is mounted on the ware rotate wheel and rotates about the ware rotate wheel through more than 180 degrees; and a portion of said ware rotate belt is located upon a portion of said ware rotate wheel that extends outwardly proximate said distal end of said carriage member, said ware rotate belt contacting the side of the glassware article when supported in the inspection station opposite the side of the glassware article supported by the rollers (296, 298) to rotate the glassware article.