It’s a good feeling to get a bargain on the beautiful “hand cut” Waterford Crystal, for example, in an antiques mall. Or, for a loved one to pass down as a family heirloom and treasure for future offspring. Or even buying a piece of the famous crystal from a reputable store for a wedding or housewarming gift is a real treat. Or even getting a piece of the famous Waterford brand at a garage sale is certainly a natural high for the crystal connoisseur. Now when it comes to buying or selling your Waterford Crystal on eBay, well, that is another matter and buyer beware!
Today it is very difficult to distinguish between the deep “hand-cut” and “mouth-blown” natural glass of the 1980s and the machine-cut glass of the 1990s. Only an expert can say for sure in what period this beautiful crystal was made and if it really is Waterford Crystal. It may have the watermark, it may have the seahorse label, but how do you know for sure if it’s the genuine Waterford product without expert review?
Based on pictures I’ve seen on eBay, so-called Waterford Crystal is being bought or sold at auction on a daily basis and pawned off unsuspecting customers in a cruel way. It makes my heart bleed to think of all these people who have been taken advantage of in this way and bought “fake” Waterford Crystal that was made in Poland, Slovenia, Germany and other European countries. Some of these crystals do not even have a Waterford pattern or design eg Lismore, Colleen, Donegal etc. How these people can get away with this behavior is unbelievable and something really needs to be done about it. Well now there is through the expert analysis of a master.