Old Glass and How to Collect it

by J. Sydney Lewis

“With choicest glass from Waterford,
Decanters, Rummers, Draws, and Masons,
Flutes, Hob-nobs, Crofts, and Finger Basins,

OLD WATERFORD BOWLS. 18th-19th CENTURY.

OLD ENGLISH AND IRISH CELERY BOWLS.

FIG. 31.

Proof Bottles, Goblets, Cans, and Wines,
Punch Juggs, Liqueurs, and Gardevins,
Salts, Mustards, Salads, Butter keelers,
And all that’s sold by other dealers.
Engraved or cut in newest taste,
Or plain—whichever pleases best.
Lustres repaired or Polished bright,
And broken glasses matched at sight.
Hall globes of every size and shape,
Or old ones hung and mounted cheap.”

In style, as we have already said, Waterford glass closely approximates to Old English of the Georgian period. If anything, however, the cutting was deeper, the angles and spikes being often so sharp as to make it dangerous to grasp the pieces tightly.