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- Testing Batches of Glass at the Ford Rouge Glass Plant, 1940 - Unsatisfied with glass from outside suppliers, Ford Motor Company established its own glass plant at the Rouge in 1923. Furnaces produced molten glass, while overhead grinders and polishers worked the material to a perfectly smooth and clear finish. Two other Ford glass plants, in Pennsylvania and Minnesota, combined with the Rouge to manufacture 20 million feet of glass each year.
- January 03, 1940
- Collections - Artifact
Testing Batches of Glass at the Ford Rouge Glass Plant, 1940
Unsatisfied with glass from outside suppliers, Ford Motor Company established its own glass plant at the Rouge in 1923. Furnaces produced molten glass, while overhead grinders and polishers worked the material to a perfectly smooth and clear finish. Two other Ford glass plants, in Pennsylvania and Minnesota, combined with the Rouge to manufacture 20 million feet of glass each year.
- "Red Nebula Amulet Pot" by Laura Donefer, 2001 -
- 2001
- Collections - Artifact
"Red Nebula Amulet Pot" by Laura Donefer, 2001
- "Avian Rescue Mama" by Shane Fero, 1998 -
- 1998
- Collections - Artifact
"Avian Rescue Mama" by Shane Fero, 1998
- "April Showers" by Mark Peiser, 1981 - Mark Peiser transformed the world of glass through a technique he devised which involves drawing with melted glass canes of various colors on molten glass. He encapsulates these images between layers of glass to create the 3D effect. Landscape imagery is a frequent subject in his work.
- 1981
- Collections - Artifact
"April Showers" by Mark Peiser, 1981
Mark Peiser transformed the world of glass through a technique he devised which involves drawing with melted glass canes of various colors on molten glass. He encapsulates these images between layers of glass to create the 3D effect. Landscape imagery is a frequent subject in his work.
- "Plum Goblet" by Joey Kirkpatrick and Flora Mace -
- 1991
- Collections - Artifact
"Plum Goblet" by Joey Kirkpatrick and Flora Mace
- "Conversations on the Art of Glass Blowing," 1836 -
- 1836
- Collections - Artifact
"Conversations on the Art of Glass Blowing," 1836
- "Yellow Bilbao" by Lino Tagliapietra, 2001 -
- 2001
- Collections - Artifact
"Yellow Bilbao" by Lino Tagliapietra, 2001
- Teapot Goblet by Richard Marquis, 1990 -
- 1990
- Collections - Artifact
Teapot Goblet by Richard Marquis, 1990
- Glassblower in Greenfield Village, circa 1981 -
- circa 1981
- Collections - Artifact
Glassblower in Greenfield Village, circa 1981
- Glassblower in Greenfield Village, 1970 -
- July 27, 1970
- Collections - Artifact
Glassblower in Greenfield Village, 1970