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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;daludolou, post: 4270766, member: 22178&quot;]<b>La Rochere</b> is the oldest continuously working <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass" rel="nofollow">glass</a> factory in Europe located in the forests of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine" rel="nofollow">Lorraine</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franche-Comt%C3%A9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franche-Comt%C3%A9" rel="nofollow">Franche-Comté</a> regions that provided <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewood" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewood" rel="nofollow">firewood</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furnace" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furnace" rel="nofollow">furnaces</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fern" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fern" rel="nofollow">ferns</a>, the ashes of which made the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potash" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potash" rel="nofollow">potash</a> necessary for the glass fusion. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Rochere#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Rochere#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:La_roch%C3%A9re_1904.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:La_roch%C3%A9re_1904.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/La_roch%C3%A9re_1904.jpg/220px-La_roch%C3%A9re_1904.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>La Rochere</p><p>In 1475 the founder Simon de Thysac, &quot;Gentleman glassmaker&quot;, obtained permission to manufacture glasses at the &quot;Rochiers&quot;, this is preserved in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archives_Nationales_(France)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archives_Nationales_(France)" rel="nofollow">National Archive</a> in France. The production site is opened and the &quot;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handicraft" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handicraft" rel="nofollow">hand made</a>&quot; manufacture of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_glass" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_glass" rel="nofollow">crystal glasses</a> is shown and explained to visitors.</p><p><br /></p><p>(From wiki).</p><p><br /></p><p>They seem to have a homepage(<a href="https://www.larochere.com/?lang=en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.larochere.com/?lang=en" rel="nofollow">https://www.larochere.com/?lang=en</a>) and a contact email so I reached out to them. I will keep you posted if I receive any information from them![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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