▁prize ▁to ▁anyone ▁who ▁could ▁achieve ▁that ▁fe at . ▁T aking ▁three ▁years , ▁glass ▁mak er ▁Philip ▁Par get er ▁made ▁a ▁copy ▁and ▁John ▁North wood ▁eng ra ved ▁it , ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁prize . ▁This ▁copy ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁Cor ning ▁Museum ▁of ▁G lass ▁in ▁Cor ning , ▁New ▁York . ▁ ▁The ▁Wed g wood ▁Museum , ▁in ▁Bar last on , ▁near ▁Sto ke - on - Tr ent , ▁contains ▁a ▁display ▁describing ▁the ▁tri als ▁of ▁rep lic ating ▁the ▁v ase , ▁and ▁several ▁examples ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁experiments ▁are ▁shown . ▁ ▁V andal ism ▁and ▁reconst ruction ▁ ▁At ▁ 3 : 4 5 ▁p . m . ▁on ▁ 7 ▁February ▁ 1 8 4 5 , ▁the ▁v ase ▁was ▁sh atter ed ▁by ▁William ▁Lloyd , ▁who , ▁after ▁drink ing ▁all ▁the ▁previous ▁week , ▁threw ▁a ▁nearby ▁sculpt ure ▁on ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁case , ▁sm ash ing ▁both ▁it ▁and ▁the ▁v ase . ▁He ▁was ▁arrested ▁and ▁charged ▁with ▁the ▁crime ▁of ▁will ful ▁damage . ▁When ▁his ▁lawyer ▁pointed ▁out ▁an ▁error ▁in ▁the ▁word ing ▁of ▁the ▁act ▁which ▁seemed ▁to ▁limit ▁its ▁application ▁to ▁the ▁destruction ▁of ▁objects ▁worth ▁no ▁more ▁than ▁five ▁pounds , ▁he ▁was ▁conv icted ▁instead ▁of ▁the ▁destruction ▁of ▁the ▁glass ▁case ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁v ase ▁had ▁sat . ▁He ▁was ▁ordered ▁to ▁pay ▁a ▁fine ▁of ▁three ▁pounds ▁( appro xim ately ▁