as well as to the varietyof drinks in favour and to the ingenuity of thetimes in devising toasts and sentiments, no lessthan to the skill of the English craftsmen andthe individuality of the various makers. At the beginning of the century, however,the use of different glasses for different kindsof… … Fig, 40.Examples of Baluster Stems and Tear Glasses. 57 Old Glass his special bowl for this purpose. These bowlsare exceedingly rare, and are generally describedas wine-coolers. Their modern equivalent isthe finger bowl. There was naturally a vast difference betweenthe glass of the early part of…
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