Northend, Mary Harrod, 1850- · Boston, Little, Brown, and company · leaf 338
handeddown in families as to the time of purchase ofcertain specimens. Yet, notwithstanding all this,the price of old glass is constantly increasing, andwithin the last few years has almost doubled. The first glass made was of a coarse type, crudein shape, and of greenish coloring, with sand… … OLD GLASS glass was very expensive, making it prohibitive toall but the wealthy classes, but since that time itscost has been greatly reduced, and beautiful speci-mens, of exquisite design, can now be purchased atprices within the means of almost every one. Ofcourse, these later specimens do not…
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