Anyone with an interest in antique glass know what "diamond tens glass" would have referred to in the 18th century?
"TO BE SOLD, BY Capt.Gideon Ball, at his House near the Orange Tree Tavern,
Diamond tens Glass, Nuns Threads, Fans, Crates of Vials, and sundry other
>European Goods."
It probably refers to the pinched diamond pattern created by threading and then pinching the threads to form diamond shapes. This link
Thanks. That does seem probable, though I remain bemused by the 'tens'.
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