[Illustration: WATERFORD "HELMET" BOWL, very rare, and a pair of large,
finely cut oval WATERFORD DISHES. Adam period. In Major Courtauld's
collection.]
=CANDELABRA, CANDLESTICKS AND CHANDELIERS=
PLATE XXIII.
[Illustration: Original CHANDELIER, made at Waterford in 1785. 6 ft.
3 in. long. The upper trio of arms are "hand bent," and the stars on
these arms are 6 in. high. The pendant at the bottom weighs 9 lbs. In
the Author's family collection.]
PLATE XXIV.
[Illustration: Original CHANDELIER, made at Waterford in 1788. 6 ft. 6
in. long. The arms are each 2 ft. 8 in. long, and it weighs 2-1/2 cwt.
The cutting, workmanship, and colour are unsurpassed. It is built upon
an iron rod covered in silver tubing. In the Author's family
collection.]
PLATE XXV.
[Illustration: A WATERFORD CHANDELIER of exquisite design and cutting.
4 ft. 6 in. long. In the Author's collection.]
PLATE XXVI.
[Illustration: Pair of WATERFORD SIDEBOARD LIGHTS, of the finest period
and rare cutting. Adam design. In the Author's collection.]
[Illustration: WATERFORD GLASS CHIMNEY SET, draped with deep
"pot-metal" blue drops. 20 in. high. Probably Dublin, _circa_ 1815. In
the Author's collection.]
PLATE XXVII.
[Illustration: Set of three WATERFORD TABLE LIGHTS, 26 in. high.
In Viscount Furness's collection.]
[Illustration: Rare set of four single DINING TABLE LIGHTS. The facet
cutting on the long "reflectors" is particularly fine and interesting.
Waterford, _circa_ 1785. In Viscount Furness's collection.]
PLATE XXVIII.
[Illustration: One of a pair of ADAM LIGHTS, 4 ft. high. Waterford
glass, on old marble "Bosi" work pedestals. Slightly restored. In
Viscount Furness's collection.]
PLATE XXIX.
[Illustration: Typical pair of IRISH TABLE LIGHTS, 25 in. high, on
square bases. _Circa_ 1780. In the Author's collection.]
[Illustration: Pair of WATERFORD TABLE LIGHTS, hung with the palest
amber round drops (Dublin), and mounted on Wedgwood urns. 22 in. high.
Late Adam period. In Mr. Hugh Weguelin's collection.]
PLATE XXX.
[Illustration: Three WATERFORD FACET-CUT TABLE LIGHTS, with
almond-shaped drops, 22 in. and 23 in. high. _Circa_ 1783. In Mr. E.
Parsons' collection.]
[Illustration: Three WATERFORD TABLE LIGHTS, Adam period, 24 in. high,
with "almond" drops. In Major Pope's collection.]
[Illustration: Pair of WATERFORD CANDLESTICKS, 1785. 10 in. high. In Mr.
H. Samuelson's collection.]
PLATE XXXI.
[Illustration: WATERFORD CHANDELIER, 4 ft. 3 in. long. _Circa_ 1783. In
Mrs. Cox's collection.]
[Illustration: Early WATERFORD CANDELABRA and pair of CANDLESTICKS with
facet-cut ornament. In Colonel Jenner's collection.]
PLATE XXXII.
[Illustration: ADAM CHANDELIER, Waterford, in its original condition. 5
ft. long. In Mrs. Sabin's collection.]
PLATE XXXIII.
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