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<DIV>(1) I don’t really understand the difference between the different types of
glass: cut glass, lead crystal, cut crystal, and so on, but I don’t see why they
can’t all be coloured. However, someone in the listserv has sent me an
excellent example of what I was looking for:</DIV>
<DIV>h<a title="ttps://www.rubylane.com/item/1866992-113221/Pair-Electrified-Antique-Green-Glass-Girandoles" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rubylane.com/item/1866992-113221/Pair-Electrified-Antique-Green-Glass-Girandoles__;!!KGKeukY!gESSE9hHS8puOLycZQI3llar9ImRvKl49YnYfggWUdMWLN_25DfuL0iZb3Iv-Pb5BSA$">ttps://www.rubylane.com/item/1866992-113221/Pair-Electrified-Antique-Green-Glass-Girandoles</A></DIV>
<DIV>In any case, if the vase/candlestick is of green glass and the lustres
aren’t, the light bouncing off the former will reflect and refract greenly
on/through the latter.</DIV>
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<DIV>(2) I thought, we all know who wrote “The Custom of the Country”, why give
the author? – and then I thought . . . whoops! (And I’ve read far more
Wharton than James.)</DIV>
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<DIV>Stuart</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=neverowv1@southernct.edu>Neverow, Vara S.</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 1, 2021 12:53 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=stuart.n.clarke@btinternet.com>Stuart N. Clarke</A> ;
<A title=vwoolf@lists.osu.edu>vwoolf@lists.osu.edu</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vwoolf] "Green" lustres</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="DIRECTION: ltr">Based on the link you provided, the drops seem to be
cut crystal. If so, they probably would not be tinted green. Perhaps the green
light of the lustre lamp itself is refracted through the clear crystal and thus
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<DIV style="DIRECTION: ltr">Vara </DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="DIRECTION: ltr">Vara Neverow</DIV>
<DIV style="DIRECTION: ltr">Department of English </DIV>
<DIV style="DIRECTION: ltr">Southern Connecticut State University </DIV>
<DIV style="DIRECTION: ltr">New Haven, CT 06515</DIV>
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face="Calibri, sans-serif"><B>From:</B> Vwoolf
<vwoolf-bounces@lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Stuart N. Clarke via Vwoolf
<vwoolf@lists.osu.edu><BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 1, 2021 4:55:00
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<DIV class=PlainText><BR>“As he reached the landing he saw that the ballroom
doors were open and all<BR>the lustres lit.” (ch. XLVI, “The Custom of the
Country” by Henry James)<BR><BR>“The pointed fingers of glass hang downwards.
The light slides down the<BR>glass, and drops a pool of green. All day long the
ten fingers of the lustre<BR>drop green upon the marble. The feathers of
parakeets--their harsh<BR>cries--sharp blades of palm trees--green, too; green
needles glittering in<BR>the sun. But the hard glass drips on to the marble; the
pools hover above<BR>the desert sand; the camels lurch through them; the pools
settle on the<BR>marble; rushes edge them; weeds clog them; here and there a
white blossom;<BR>the frog flops over; at night the stars are set there
unbroken. Evening<BR>comes, and the shadow sweeps the green over the
mantelpiece; the ruffled<BR>surface of ocean. No ships come; the aimless waves
sway beneath the empty<BR>sky. It's night; the needles drip blots of blue. The
green's out.”<BR><BR>If you don’t know what a lustre is, you’ve got no hope of
understanding what’s<BR>going on in “Green”. I presume the image is of a
lustre on a marble<BR>mantelpiece, which is where they tended to be
placed. I have been searching<BR>online for images – they nearly all
appear rather revolting to me – and I <BR>can’t seem<BR>to see any with green
fingers (also referred to as "drops"), and I’m not <BR>sure I can count up to
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<BR><BR>Stuart<BR>(Day 410)
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