Japanese glassmaking

Emanuel Hauptmann: the Father of Japanese Cut Glass

For any artisan who wished to earn a living in modern times, the nineteenth century was a golden age. In Europe, the British Isles and America, the life-chances of the middle and lower classes were gradually improving and their pockets might often have one or two pennies left over at the end of the week […]

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They went to larn ’em: four British glassmakers in early Meiji Japan

This post introduces four British men who worked in the Victorian glass industry all their lives, each with their specialised skill. They were ordinary, and yet extraordinary – ordinary in terms of their glassmaking abilities, and yet extraordinary in the effect they had in a very far-off place. During a short period of work

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