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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Barbara W. Preston, post: 1615975, member: 13943&quot;]Could very well be that the mold was used by someone else.&nbsp; Of course, in this day and time, since the industrial revolution, we expect everything to be dome beautifully and perfectly.&nbsp; Back in the mid-1800&#039;s, individuals did this work and there were apprentices and their work was not as skilled as those who were training them.&nbsp; Just a thought.</p><p>If you go to the Richards-DAR House Museum in Mobile, AL (USA), you will find 8 ruby cut sides around the front door.&nbsp; Two are replacements and the pattern is etched, but the remaining six are hand cut in Czechoslovakia in the 1850-1860 era by individual workmen.&nbsp; The company had a basic pattern; but by looking at the glasses, one can tell which were done by the factory&#039;s skilled artisans.&nbsp; One specifically can be the work of an apprentice.&nbsp; everyone has to start somewhere.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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