Beautiful swag and line cutting with fan edge. This is an early effort, probably 1765; but there is a fine example on a Waterford dessert service in the possession of Colonel Wike.

[Plate LV.]

Hobnail cutting, late 1830, so often confused with diamond cutting.

Strawberry cutting, so often confused with hobnail cutting; much used from 1780. This is an early example. Note the unevenness of the lines.

Flat diamond. This was a shallow cutting from circa 1768 onwards; after 1790 it became much deeper and sharper, the centre coming out to a sharp point.