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There are little dimples in the glass, two on each side, probably used to help keep the glass in place. A set of four heavy bronze brackets, 8.5\" long by 18.5\" tall with a hypotenuse of 17\", come with the glass so they can be used as shelves. I don't know if the brackets were made on the QUEEN MARY or later. I assume that glass this strong was used in places where rough North Atlantic seas might strike the ship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere's how the glass came to be offered on Nautiques: the RMS QUEEN MARY arrived in New York several days after war was declared on September 3, 1939.  Cunard didn't dare sail their flagship, so there she sat until March 1940 when called to duty as a troopship.  Furniture and spare bits were removed in New York for safe keeping before her massive conversion.  Among the items cast off were these two spare panes of exceptionally thick glass.  Working the Cunard pier that day was customs inspector John Keevan who was building a new house with his brother Thomas, a New York policeman.  The two panes went home with him and became shelves in a workshop for the next seventy-five years. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis set of one-of-a-kind QUEEN MARY window glass would make unique shelves for the ultimate ship display, benches for seating, or even stairs.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShipping and packing additional.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition with a little wear on the corners.\u003c\/p\u003e"}