692 SUNDRIES. 



In my earlier periods I found no note of water and drinking 

 glasses. In the present period they are far from uncommon. 

 The first I have found is in 1585, under the name of water 

 glasses, and purchased by Lord Pembroke at 4d. each. In 

 1587 Lord Spencer buys the same article at a little under 

 2\d. each. In 1595 Lord Pembroke buys drinking glasses at 

 2^., in 1600 Shuttleworth at i\d. In 1602 Lord Spencer 

 gives ICY/, for Venice glasses, id. for green glasses. In 1605 

 Shuttleworth pays id. for drinking glasses. In 1613 Mrs. 

 Archer pays 6d. for a single glass. In 1614 King's College 

 begins to buy them at 9^. the dozen, and in 1622 Lord Spencer 

 gives 3^. each. In 1627 the owner of Mendham gives 8s. a 

 dozen. I do not find them again till 1660, when New College 

 gives gd. each for 'crystal' glasses. In 1663 glasses cost is. 

 each in London, the highest price which I have found. In 

 1667 All Souls College buys them at &/., in 1669 at Jd., in 1680 

 at 8d. In 1686 they are at $d. at Eton. In 1698 ale-glasses 

 are at 8s. the dozen, wine-glasses at 5^, and jelly-glasses at i2s. 

 By the end of the period the modern fashion had been nearly 

 developed. 



The kinds and material of candlesticks, and the object 

 for which they are purchased, differ exceedingly. Omit- 

 ting for the present those which were purchased for the 

 chapel, and considering those only which were employed 

 for the hall, the materials are silver, brass, pewter, tin, lat- 

 ten, iron, and wooden. Once a candlestick, probably a row 

 of sconces or sockets round a brass or iron frame, is bought 

 with a pully, at 8s. Candlesticks are found in forty-one 

 years. 



A pair of silver candlesticks is bought, perhaps for the 

 Warden of New College, in 1684, at a cost of y is. 8d. They 

 probably weighed from 30 to 35 ounces. Brass candlesticks 

 are of very various prices. I have found them as high as Js. 

 and as low as yd. They are at the higher price at Oriel 

 College in 1585 and in 1664, having been purchased for the 

 altar in the latter year. In 1610, when the lowest price is 



