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Rev. 2002-12-06; 2003-01-08, 2004-05-21, 2005-03-20, 2007-04-20, 2008-04-27, 2009-06-21, 2011-02-03
The purpose of this page is to provide some idea of what was involved in blowing glass before the modern small art studio idea took off in the 1960's. Using quotes from various books and reports of methods I have heard, the early colonial factories and more modern production shops are explored.
The most amazing thing, to me, is the large number of people needed to keep a glass factory going in the days before natural gas heated furnaces.
| Metropolitan Museum Roman Glass Timeline |
| Samuel Kurinsky - Glassmaking; A Judaic Tradition |
| Part I: The Biblical Period |
| Part II: The Common Era; The Roman Period |
| Part III: Flint Glass and the Jews of Genoa |
| Part IV: Introduction Into England |
| Part V: England Attains an Industry |