Leaving Cork after another drizzly and cold day we headed out to Waterford a viking town with incredible history. As we only had one night here after arriving mid afternoon we were off to the Waterford Crystal showroom and factory. WOW and then another WOW is all I can say. Unfortunately I can't load photos up till I return home so all will just have to wait to have a look. The showroom alone is mind blowing let alone doing a factory tour as we did. A Chandeleir hanging above a dining table set for 6 and the table just covered in crystal goblets, platters and vases. Then to top it off the ceiling is mirrored so that all those sparkles bounce back up.
Then there is the dressing table with a 5 foot high mirror with about a 6 inch border of varying sized crystals all around it. Now that was a picture on its own. Then there were the various trophies on display and during the factory tour we were photographed with the trophy for the up coming Ashes tour in England and the American couple sharing the tour held the baseball trophy.
We saw the process from the molten glass being blown right, then shaped and the bottom smoothed, edges bevelled, marking for the design, the pattern cutting and then all the engraving and final polishing etc. In the factory there was another mirror like we had seen in the showroom and there was a worker cleaning between each of the crystals with what looked like a long cottonbud. Seems he had finished the mirror the day before but someone had forgotten to cover it that night
Awesome Waterford Crystal factory, can't wait to see those photos! How lovely. Watching the process must have been something to see!
ReplyDeleteShelley xxx