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Cut glass vase. Waterford Crystal is a manufacturer of lead glass or "crystal", especially in cut glass, named after the city of Waterford, Ireland.In January 2009, the main Waterford Crystal manufacturing base on the edge of Waterford was closed due to the insolvency of Waterford Wedgwood PLC, and in June 2010, Waterford Crystal relocated almost back to the roots of glass-making in the city ...
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Star of Edinburgh bowl, basket and bell from about 1955. Edinburgh Crystal was a cut glass manufactured in Scotland from c. 1820s [1] to 2006, and was also the name of the manufacturing company.
In 1986, Waterford Glass Group plc purchased Wedgwood and the group was renamed Waterford Wedgwood. In March 2009, KPS Capital Partners announced that it had acquired group assets in a range of countries, including the UK, US and Indonesia, would invest €100m, and move a jobs to Asia to cut costs and return the firm to profitability. [12]
Waterford International Festival of Light Opera [31] is an annual event that has been held in the Theatre Royal since 1959. Also known as the Waterford International Festival of Music, it takes place in November. [32] Waterford hosted the Tall Ships Festival in 2005 and 2011. [33] The 2005 festival attracted in the region of 450,000 people to ...
James Timmins Chance pioneered placing lighthouse lamps inside a cage surrounded by Fresnel lenses to increase the available light output; the cages, known as optics, revolutionised lighthouse design. Another important innovation from Chance Brothers was the introduction of rotating optics, allowing adjacent lighthouses to be distinguished from ...
An example of a banker's lamp The banker's lamp is a style of electric desk or table lamp often characterized by a brass stand, green glass lamp shade , and pull-chain switch. Such a lamp was first patented in the United States under the Emeralite brand name.
Typical "Wedgwood blue" jasperware plate with white sprigged reliefs. Wedgwood pieces (left to right): c. 1930, c. 1950, 1885 Wedgwood is an English fine china, porcelain and luxury accessories manufacturer that was founded on 1 May 1759 [1] by the potter and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood and was first incorporated in 1895 as Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd. [2]