From 1780 onward Cork exported a good deal of glass. In the year 1801 alone, the considerable number of 111,000 drinking glasses was sent to America, Portugal, and various other places abroad, while in the next year there is record of 6129 dozen bottles and 40,000 drinking glasses being shipped abroad, which indicates a considerable output. The trouble involved in founding such an industry in those days must have been considerable. In this case, two years were taken up in procuring the necessary concessions, but the industry, once started, took firm root, and the advertisements appearing in the Press--in particular, _The Hibernian Chronicle_ (May 1784) and _The Cork New Evening Post_ (1792), copies of which are preserved in the Museum of Dublin Antiquities, indicate what progress it was making and, incidentally, possess a curious interest from their quaint wording and setting forth. The following is an example:-- “With choicest glass from Waterford, Decanters, Rummers, Draws, and Masons, Flutes, Hob-nobs, Crofts, and Finger Basins, [Illustration: OLD WATERFORD BOWLS. 18th-19th CENTURY.] [Illustration: OLD ENGLISH AND IRISH CELERY BOWLS.] FIG. 31. Proof Bottles, Goblets, Cans, and Wines, Punch Juggs, Liqueurs, and Gardevins, Salts, Mustards, Salads, Butter keelers, And all that’s sold by other dealers. Engraved or cut in newest taste, Or plain--whichever pleases best. Lustres repaired or Polished bright, And broken glasses matched at sight. Hall globes of every size and shape, Or old ones hung and mounted cheap.” In style, as we have already said, Waterford glass closely approximates to Old English of the Georgian period. If anything, however, the cutting was deeper, the angles and spikes being often so sharp as to make it dangerous to grasp the pieces tightly. Numerous table services of glass of this period exist, as well as decanters, punch bowls, and dishes. All are deeply cut, the chief designs being the hobnail and diamond patterns. Sometimes we find fluted stems and finely cut spiked or striped sides. The majority of the larger pieces, such as the punch and salad bowls, had square feet or bases which, while possibly adding to their stability, certainly enhanced the beauty of their appearance. The salad bowl shown on the left of Fig. 31 is an excellent example: the collar or turn-over at the rim is remarkable for its depth and also for its superb cutting. The bowl on the right is a remarkable specimen of very uncommon type. It is oval in shape--a shape not easily blown even at the present time--and has facet cutting upon the outside as well as a particularly fine cut scalloped edging. The base, too, is in admirable keeping with the rest of the design. Fig. 32 is another particularly fine piece of Waterford glass, worthy of note as an example of hobnail cutting, as well as for the depth of its collar and its general effectiveness.