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You are bidding on a set of 2 Waterford Crystal Bud Vases with dimensions being the following: 1 ½ inches in diameter at the widest point, 4 inches tall, with a 2 inch lip along the edge of the opening, and it has a 1 ½ inch base. The pattern is Lismore. The Waterford trademark is acid-etched. The item is without chips or flaws or scratches. The items weigh in at _2____lbs.___2__oz. when packaged. Winning bidder pays calculated shipping by postal carrier being able to choose between three carriers. Any other mailing method would have to be requested by the winning bidder. Insurance is required: $ 1.35 per $ 50.00 value. 5% tax is charged for all items purchased from EBay Seller; ireneannec DBA Bellefontaine Antiques, I have approximately 12 pieces of Waterford and am trying to list at least one item per day until complete. I will consider a shipping discount for multiple purchases. A short history of Waterford follows which is taken from their internet site: Waterford Crystal is a trademark brand of crystal glassware produced in Waterford , Ireland , by the company Waterford Wedgwood plc., previously trading as Waterford Glass Ltd. The Waterford Crystal story started to blossom in 1783 when two brothers, George and William Penrose, founded their crystal manufacturing business in the busy port of Waterford . They were important developers and the city's principal exporters. The development, they told the Irish Parliament, cost £10,000 - a great deal of money in the 18th century. They employed 50 to 70 people, led by a fellow Quaker, John Hill, from Stourbridge in England , and succeeded in producing crystal with a purity of colour unmatched in Ireland or England . Merchant ships sailed regularly from the port of Waterford with cargoes of crystal bound for Spain , the West Indies, New York , New England and Newfoundland . But less than 100 years later the initial company failed due to lack of capital and excessive taxation. In what seems a remarkably short time, Waterford Crystal acquired an unequalled reputation that has transcended the intervening centuries. Another century passed before the enterprise was revived. In 1947, while Europe was still in ruins after the Second World War, a small glass factory was set up in Waterford just 11/2 miles from the site of the original glass factory. Waterford Crystal today has very strong links with its illustrious predecessor. T is today the same dedication to the purity of color, to the same design inspiration and to the same pursuit of highest quality levels possible. The traditional cutting patterns made famous by the artisans of Waterford became the design basis for the growing product range of the new company. In November 2000, Waterford Crystal was named as the top world class brand in the United States by a survey conducted among 30,000 people by the Princeton, New Jersey , based independent market research company, Total Research Corporation. Total Research said that Waterford Crystal was judged by American consumers as the brand with the highest quality out of 19 world class brands in the US market. Other brands in the league table below Waterford include Rolls-Royce Bentley, Bose stereo and speaker systems, Philadelphia cream cheese, Harley-Davidson motorcycles, Kodak, Heinz ketchup and National Geographic magazine. This year, Waterford celebrates the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the Lismore pattern of crystal. Almost every year since its inception, Lismore has topped the popularity list and has been the biggest selling pattern of crystal in the US and the world. But t are others among the repertoire of Ireland's most famous export that have gained their own following - Alana, Carina, Araglin. Waterford Crystal has become almost a synonym for the finest quality crystal sought after by collectors and connoisseurs around the world. Each piece of Waterford can be recognized by the signature on the base with the word " Waterford ", the name of the finest crystal in the world. read more

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