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was making all kinds of enamelled, cut and plain wine-glasses, cnt and plain 

 decanters with flint stoppers ; carafes, common, dram-, and punch-glasses ; flint 

 and green phials, flint and green gardevins, retorts, and receivers, and all kinds 

 of chemical wares, cruets, salts, goblets, &c. He also said that he had brought 

 a glass cutter from England, who was constantly employed. 



In 1783 Edwards erected an iron foundry adjacent to the glass house, and 

 took as partner a man named Shaw, who retired in 1789. 



In 1811 Edwards let the foundry, which was carried on by Chaine & 

 Young. 



In 1788 Edwards opened a warehouse for the sale of his glass and iron 

 goods, on Hanover Quay, Belfast, where, he stated, he had a complete 

 assortment of cut, plain, and figured glass. 



In the years 1787 and 1788 the value of the glass produced by Benjamin 

 Edwards was £1,306 and £1,780 respectively. 



John Edwards, son of Benjamin, erected, in 1789, a tobacco-pipe manu- 

 factory, adjoining the glass house, and appears to have carried it on for some 

 years. 



In 1800 Benjamin Edwards took his sons John, Hugh, and Benjamin 

 junior, and his son-in-law, William Ankatell, into partnership, and opened a 

 warehouse at Newry, on the Canal Quay, opposite the Sugar House, for the 

 sale of cast metal, and cut, flowered, enamelled, and plain flint glass. 



In the following year they erected an iron foundry on the Merchants' 

 Quay, Newry. 



In 1803 the partnership between Benjamin Edwards and his sons was 

 dissolved, and John Edwards started a new glass house on his own account at 

 79 Peter's Hill, Belfast, of which more later. 



In 1804 and 1805 Benjamin Edwards advertised the manufacture of all 

 sorts of flint decanters, wine-glasses, goblets, tumblers, salad-bowls, etc., cut 

 and engraved to the newest patterns ; iDut no mention is made of enamelled 

 glass. He also advertised a variety of liqueur, cruet, and other stands in silver 

 and plated ware, Grecian and other lamps, lustres and girandoles. Whether 

 he obtained the liqueur and cruet stands complete with bottles, or made 

 the latter himself, is uncertain. 



Benjamin Edwards senior retired from the firm in 1807, and the business 

 was carried on by Benjamin junior and Hugh Edwards. Benjamin senior 

 re-entered the business in 1811, but did not remain long, as he died the 

 following year, on September 29th ; and in December the lease of the glass 

 house was advertised for sale. However, Benjamin junior in 1813 stated 

 that he intended carrying on the glass manufacture in the same extensive 

 manner as heretofore. About 1815 he appears to have got into diificulties, as 



