. Glass. HEDWIG GLASSES goblets, about which so much has been written inGermany. The glass of these little cylindrical cups—they vary in height from three to five inches—is of ayellowish-green or brownish tint, at times indeed nearlycolourless; it contains many bubbles. These so-calledHedwig glasses are carved in high relief on the outside:as many as nine examples have been described by VonCzihak {Schlesische Gldser, p. 184 seq), but of these onlytwo can in any way be brought into connection withSt. Hedwig.^ The carving upon these glasses is deeply cut, butexcessively rude. They bear the mark

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. Glass. HEDWIG GLASSES goblets, about which so much has been written inGermany. The glass of these little cylindrical cups—they vary in height from three to five inches—is of ayellowish-green or brownish tint, at times indeed nearlycolourless; it contains many bubbles. These so-calledHedwig glasses are carved in high relief on the outside:as many as nine examples have been described by VonCzihak {Schlesische Gldser, p. 184 seq), but of these onlytwo can in any way be brought into connection withSt. Hedwig.^ The carving upon these glasses is deeply cut, butexcessively rude. They bear the mark of a large coarsewheel, applied for the most part in two directions moreor less at right angles to one another, and little attempthas been made to round off the edges and angles. Wesee in the decoration—figures of lions, griffins or eagles,as well as formal leaf-like patterns—motives that areessentially Oriental; indeed we are taken back rather tothe Persia of Sassanian times than to Constantinopl

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