and flattened into a perfect little wheel on the end of the stem, thus
becoming the foot of the wineglass.
The glass was then reversed on a ponty, and
taken to a third workman, with now a hole in the larger bubble, where
it, in its turn, had been cracked off from the pipe. This hole was
enlarged by the tools, and the rough edge of the soft glass trimmed off
with a pair of scissors, as a tailor would trim a bit of cloth. The
half-closed bowl was then held in the furnace until it seemed soft and
tremulous as melting-wax, and was thrown open by centrifugal force given
to it by the ponty whirled in the workman's skilful fingers. A few
light touches afterwards, and the article was
perfected,-- as delicate and graceful a little gem of a glass as could
be made anywhere in the world.
"There, Doctor!" said the gaffer, "you might
give
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