| It's such a good feeling to get a bargain on the | | | | the watermark, it may have the seahorse label, but |
| beautiful "hand cut" Waterford Crystal, say for | | | | how do you really know for sure if it is the genuine |
| example in an antique mall. Or, to have it passed down | | | | Waterford product, without an expert taking a look at |
| by a loved one as a family heirloom and treasured for | | | | it. |
| future off spring. Or even to purchase a piece of the | | | | From pictures I have seen on eBay, so called |
| famous crystal at a reputable store for a wedding or | | | | Waterford Crystal is being purchased or sold at |
| house warming gift is a sheer delight. Or even to get a | | | | auction on a daily basis and pawned off to |
| piece of the famous Waterford brand name at a | | | | unsuspecting customers in a cruel manner. It makes |
| garage sale is surely a natural high for the crystal | | | | my heart bleed to think of all these people that have |
| connoisseur. Now, when it comes to buying or selling | | | | been taken advantage of in this way and have bought |
| your Waterford Crystal on eBay, well, that's another | | | | "fake" Waterford Crystal that was manufactured in |
| matter and buyer should beware! | | | | Poland, Slovenia, Germany and other European |
| At the present time it is very difficult to distinguish | | | | countries. Some of this crystal doesn't even have a |
| between the natural deep "hand cut" and "mouth | | | | Waterford pattern or design, for example Lismore, |
| blown" crystal of the eighties and the machine cut | | | | Colleen, Donegal, etc. How these people are able to |
| crystal of the nineties. Only an expert can tell for sure | | | | get away with this behavior is beyond belief and |
| what period this beautiful crystal was manufactured | | | | something really needs to done about it. Well now |
| and if indeed it is Waterford Crystal at all. It may have | | | | there is through expert analysis of a master. |