La Rochere
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Native name | Verrerie de La Rochère |
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| Industry | Glassware |
| Founded | 1475 |
| Headquarters | 4, rue de la verrerie, 70210 Passavant-la-Rochère , |
| Website | www |
La Rochere is the oldest continuously working glass factory in Europe located in the forests of the Lorraine and Franche-Comte regions that provided firewood for furnaces and ferns whose ashes made the potash necessary for the glass fusion. [1]
In 1475 the founder Simon de Thysac, "Gentleman glassmaker", obtained permission to manufacture glasses at the "Rochiers", this is preserved in the National Archive in France. The production site is opened and the "hand made" manufacture of crystal glasses is shown and explained to visitors. [2]
See also
References
- ^ "La Rochere". Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "La Rochere Glassware". Retrieved 25 February 2017.
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