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Jamestown Glasshouse

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The current glasshouse building and workshop was re-built in the 1970s. The furnace is much larger than the one of 1608, and uses natural gas for fuel; the glass used is made from a mix they purchase that is similar to that which was used at the time. Local artists blow glass there daily, as well as
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in 1608. A series of small furnaces were built in the area near the current exhibit. A small crew of glassblowers and laborers not only chopped down hardwood trees for fueling the furnace (sometimes requiring up to two weeks to achieve the 2,300 degrees needed to melt the basic ingredients), they
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also collected the ingredients, ash, sand, crushed oyster shells, and burned seaweed. Since so much time was required for preparation, it is estimated that actual glassblowing probably only occurred for five or six days a month.
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These early glassblowers were successful in that they were able to send a sample of their glassware home to England. However, their operations did not likely survive the "
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explain the art and history of glassblowing at Jamestown. The glass they make is available for purchase via
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The original glasshouse was built soon after the first glassblowers, the Germans and the Poles, arrived in
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Jamestown, Virginia
Jamestown Island
Jamestown Settlement
Colonial National Historical Park
Historic Jamestowne
Colonial Parkway
Jamestown
Starving Time
Signage to the glasshouse
Furnace in use
"Jamestown Glasshouse"
Glasshouse Website
NPS Glasshouse Website
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Jamestown, Virginia Colony
Timeline (1607-1699)
History (1607-1699)
Belle Isle
Cape Charles
College Creek
Glass House Point
Hog Island
James River
Jamestown Island
Mulberry Island
Stingray Point

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