[Illustration: A wonderful example of "lustre" cutting. Dublin, _circa_
1785.]
[Illustration: Cutting, soft and shallow, from a Cork bowl, late
eighteenth century. In the Author's collection.]
[Illustration: A soft early star found on the bottoms of finger-bowls
and decanters, _circa_ 1750. Note the remarkable variation from the
given centre.]
[Illustration: A very beautiful shallow-cut star, from a Waterford
dish, about 1790.]
[Illustration: A very early husk or leaf cutting from an early Irish
wine-glass, _circa_ 1760. This is one of the earliest cuttings.]