Category: Glassblowers

Categories: Glass Workers | Occupations by Name

This category is generally maintained by the Category Project and used for profiles of persons in this occupation. Any questions on using these categories may be addressed in G2G using the Categorization tag.

Also known as glass smiths or gaffers.

Glassblowers are skilled craftsmen who practice the manufacturing of Glassblowing. A discussion of the manufacture of blown glass is detailed in the 1911 Encyclopedia Brittanica under subheading II. Blown Glass.

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Charles Barbeau 08 Jan 1872 Indiana, USA - 11 Jul 1925

Flavien Barbeau 1785 Canada

John Berndtsson 19 Jan 1888 Nödinge, Älvsborg, Sverige

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Michael Earling Dec 1865 New Jersey, United States - 10 Jul 1936

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William Falkenstine 25 Mar 1885 Preston, West Virginia, United States - 29 Sep 1973

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Louis Gauss 04 Apr 1899 Corning, New York, United States - 05 Dec 1963

John Goslin abt 06 Apr 1811 Fayette City, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States - abt 23 Nov 1869

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James Hargate 1875 Wakefield, Yorkshire, England - aft 01 Jul 1916

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Laurent Kobylanski bef 1810

Jan Kobylánszky 15 Oct 1857 Miłków, jeleniogórski, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland - 31 Jan 1926

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Walter Martin 03 Feb 1903 Alexander, Upshur, West Virginia, United States - 28 Jul 1988

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Henry O'Neil abt 1818 Ireland - 07 Nov 1881

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Joseph Polak abt 1816 - aft 1869

Gerrit Poldervaart 03 Jun 1903 Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands - 25 Sep 1966

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Charles Raworth 25 Feb 1910 Upper Cape, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada - 18 Nov 1974

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Henry Ricketts 27 Mar 1782 Bristol, England

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Johann Jakob Schmitt abt 1625 Brumath, Elsass-Lothringen, France - bef 1665

Jacob Sigwart abt 21 Jul 1705 Schluchsee, Sankt Blasien, Waldshut, Baden - abt 17 Aug 1769

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Joannes Welzer 1834

Joseph Welzer bef 1814

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