"Glassware" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... came stealing in across the table, striking prismatic colours from the glassware, he shaded his eyes with his hand and sharply ordered the maid ...
— The Mayor of Warwick • Herbert M. Hopkins
... were a butler's pantry and a conservatory. I approved of the latter, but not of the former. I foresaw in that butler's pantry a pretext, if not a reason, for the purchase of china, crockery, and glassware, to be used only when we had company and to be hidden away at other times ...
— The House - An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice • Eugene Field
... the furniture is shipped tomorrow," he assured her; "and then I'll go on a still hunt for the gaudy glassware. I'm blessed if I don't give 'em a silver ice ...
— Lavender and Old Lace • Myrtle Reed
... be taken for granted that all china or glass ware is well tempered: yet a little careful attention may not be misplaced, even on that point; for though ornamental china or glassware is not exposed to the action of hot water in common domestic use, yet it may be injudiciously immersed therein for the purpose of cleaning; and as articles intended solely for ornament are not so highly annealed as others, it will be proper never ...
— Enquire Within Upon Everything - The Great Victorian Domestic Standby • Anonymous
... you gave that luau when you were twenty-one and insisted on breaking the glassware after every toast. But of course ...
— On the Makaloa Mat/Island Tales • Jack London
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