Lewis, J. Sydney · London, T.W. Laurie ltd.; Philadelphia, Lippincott · leaf 212
ly rough and uneven in the old glass.Another test frequently relied upon by collectorsis the fact of the foot being turned over—afashion which, it is said, was followed only withthe earliest specimens. While, however, thismay provide corroborative evidence, I should besorry to rely upon it as a… … OLD WATERFORD DECANTERS (18th—19th CENTURY).FIG. 34. Irish Glass held up to the Hght. The better kinds, too, havealmost invariably a large and deep-cut star on thebottom. Cork glass is rarer than Waterford—a resultdue to the fact that the Cork factories were inexistence only for a comparatively…
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