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flowered, enamelled, cut and gilt drinking glasses ; water glasses 

 and plates ; cans ; jugs ; salvers ; gilt, cut, flowered and plain 

 decanters ; sweetmeat and jelly glasses with salvers ; flowered, cut, 

 and plain salts ; diamond cut salts ; diamond cut and scalloped 

 bowls and dishes ; cut and plain salad bowls ; candlesticks, etc. 



After 1780 large quantities of glass were exported from 

 Ireland, chiefly to America, the West Indies, Spain, Portugal, and 

 Madeira. 



The following extracts are taken from the Custom House 

 books preserved in the National Library of Ireland : — 



In 1 78 1, 850 dozens of bottles were exported to the West 

 Indies; in [784 over 20,000 drinking glasses and 532 dozens of 

 bottles were exported to America and the West Indies, and in 

 1796 the exports to America, the West Indies, Denmark, etc., 

 consisted of 6,121 dozens of bottles, over 589,000 drinking glasses, 

 and other glass-ware to the value of ;^8,764 19s. 2d. In 17979 

 Waterford sent 7,853 drinking glasses to Newfoundland and 

 30,000 to New York, while Cork sent glassware valued at nearly 

 ;^2,ooo to New York and the West Indies. Waterford in 1805 

 exported nearly 85,000 drinking glasses, and glassware valued at 

 ;!^9oi, chiefly to America. In 1810 the exports of Irish glass 

 consisted of 377,190 drinking glasses all from Dublin, 15,236 

 dozens of bottles and other glassware valued at ^16,124. 



In 1785 it is stated that Williams' glass factory in Dublin 

 had as many orders from New York as would keep the glass-house 

 at work for a year, and in 1788 a record exportation of flint glass 

 is stated to have been made to Cadiz by Chebsey's factory at 

 Ballybough Bridge, DubHn. 



In Wallace's Essay on the Mamifactures of Ireland, published 

 in 1798, it is stated that much of the glass consumed in Ireland 

 was imported, while that made in the country was largely exported 

 to America ; so that very probably a large proportion of the old 

 glass now found in Ireland is really of English origin. Also in 

 the Account of Ireland, Statistical and Political, by Edward Wake- 

 field, published in 181 2, it is stated that the use of English glass 

 was very prevalent in Ireland, Perhaps the United States and 



