The Glories and the Geniuses of Stourbridge Glass 1612-2012

摘要

A report of a lecture on 400 years of glassmaking given at The Ruskin Glass Centre, Amblecote, Stourbridge, West Midlands; on 19 October 2013 as part of The Glass Association's 'Stourbridge Glass - Past and Present' Annual General Meeting. Living glass history THE Glass Association was born in 1983 when about ninety people from around the country met at Stourbridge College of Art on Guy Fawkes Day. Our Life President, Charles Hajdamach, internationally recognised authority on many aspects of glass, author of seminal books on 19th- and 20th-century British glass, and past curator of Broadfield House Glass Museum, was a founder member. He lives in Glassmakers Cottage, Amblecote, with the remains of a furnace in his garden, and walks the same streets as his heroes. There could be no more appropriate venue or more qualified lecturer to celebrate 400 years of world-famous glassmaking, and 30 years of the Association. This report is a summary of the salient highlights of a masterful presentation, delivered with his familiar humour, insight and affection for all those workers who make Stourbridge glass special.