[Illustration: Cutting from an early Waterford canoe-shaped bowl. In the
Author's collection.]
[Illustration: Very early cutting from Mr. Weguelin's Waterford urns,
showing the remarkable inaccuracy of the cutting.]
[Illustration: A variation of the early leaf cutting, somewhat later,
therefore a little sharper and more symmetrical.]
[Illustration: Flat "leaf," one of the first ideas of cutting. It is so
soft that to the touch it is almost like moulding.]