. American homes and gardens. English goblet toddy glasses and barrel goblet from the Waters collection 134 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS April, 1913 indebted to Venicefor many of herworkmen, althoughSir Robert Russellprocured workmenfrom the same placewho were of inferiorworth. A space ofhalf a century elapsedbefore the Englishmanufacture equalledthe Venetian or theFrench. In the year 1670,the Duke of Bucking-ham became thepatron of the art inEngland and greatlyimproved the qualityand style of flintglass, by procuring atgreat personal ex-

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