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La Rochere

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La Rochere
Native name
Verrerie de La Rochère
IndustryGlassware
Founded1475
Headquarters4, rue de la verrerie,
70210 Passavant-la-Rochère
,
Websitewww.larochere-na.com

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

  • List of oldest companies

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