Westropp — Gla^iS- Making in Ireland. 37 



Jan. 4th, 1752. — At the Eound Glass House on George's Hill near Mary's 

 Lane are made and making all sorts of the newest-fashioned diinking-glasses, 

 water-bottles, claret and Burgundy ditto, decanters, jugs, water-glasses with 

 and without feet, and saucers; plain, ribbed, and diamond-moulded jelly- 

 glasses of all sorts and sizes, sillybub glasses, comfit and sweetmeat ditto for 

 desserts, salvers, glass plates for china dishes, Toort covers, pine and orange 

 glasses, bells and shades, hall lanthorns, globe lamps, chamber ditto, glass 

 branches, cut and plain barrel lanthorns, etc., all in the newest-fashioned and 

 most elegant mounting now used in London. All sorts of apothecaries' bottles, 

 together with tubes, etc., for electrical and philosophical experiments. All 

 sorts of cut and flowered glasses may be had of any kind to any pattern, 

 viz. : wine-glasses with a ^dne border, toasts, or any other flourish whatsoever; 

 beer ditto, with the same ; salts with or without feet, sweetmeat glasses and 

 stands, cruets for silver or other frames, all in squares and diamond-cut; 

 gardevins, tea-canisters, mustard-pots, crests and coats of arms, sweetmeat 

 bowls and covers, jars and Bakers for mock china, etc. As this is the only 

 manufacture of glass in the kingdom, no expense has been spared by the pro- 

 prietor to procure the best workmen, and newest patterns from London, and 

 he promises the greatest satisfaction in regard to colour and workmanship. 



As seen in the above advertisements, the proprietor states that he is the 

 only manufacturer of glass in Ireland ; but as will be seen two other glass 

 houses were erected in Dublin about 1730 and 1734, which, however, appear 

 to have ceased work before 1752. 



About 1730 a glass house for making bottles and window glass was erected 

 on the Bachelors' Quay, and was carried on by some of the original partners 

 imtil about 1741. In that year it was advertised for sale; and application 

 was to be made either to William Maple, Esq., Dublin, Edward Shanley, 

 Dublin, or to the Eev. Eichard Stewart, Belfast. 



Probably the manufacture was carried on for some years, as in November, 

 1747, John Bradshaw, Edward Ford, and Edward Shanley petitioned Parlia- 

 ment for aid, and stated that they had lately erected a bottle-glass house. 

 Parliament decided ..that they deserved encouragement. 



In 1752, however, the piece of ground extending from the Bachelors' Quay 

 to Abbey Street, on which the glass house was built, was advertised to be let ; 

 and it was stated that the glass house was as large and as weU suited for 

 bottle-making as any in England ; application was to be made to Alderman 

 Hans Bailie or to Mr. Hugh Darley. 



In 1754 William Deane & Co. purchased the glass house from Bailie for 

 £1200, and carried on the bottle-making industry. This glass house was 

 known as the Square Glass House. 



