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Waterford Crystal
Claret Wine Nightfall

Waterford Crystal designs, manufactures and markets an extensive range of crystal objects d'art, stemware and gifts for distribution throughout the world. Craftsmanship, stunning design, an unrivalled dedication to quality - these have been the guiding principles, which have ensured that Waterford Crystal has come to be recognized as the finest in the world.

Acclaimed the world over for excellence in quality and design since 1783, Waterford promises to keep every stemware pattern in production forever.

Waterford Crystal is the leading brand of premium crystal, producing superb handcrafted crystal stemware, giftware and lightingware. Because Waterford Cyrstal is still designed and manufactured to the highest standards, it is simply regarded as the very best.

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.

The History of Waterford Crystal

The beginnings of glass making in Ireland are lost in the mists of time but there is sufficient archaeological evidence to show that, from the early Iron Age, glass was regarded with respect. Indeed, medieval documents can prove glass making existed in Ireland back in the middle 13th century.

However, 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. There 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 timeless patterns we embrace today.

Waterford Crystal:

Waterford Crystal Nightfall Claret/Wine - Set of 2

~~$120.00~~
Sale Price $69.95 Save $40.05

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