Edinburgh Crystal Glass Co. Ltd. Penicuik 1975

Glasshouse at Penicuik

Servitor pre-shaping an angular knop stem, before finishing the profile in stem-dies.

Gathering. The experimental pots being used at this time had a double mouth.

Servitor forming wineglass foot with pearwood boards.

A finished wineglass.

Tumbler Moulding.

Shortly before this picture was taken,a man with a bucket full of water went past.

Derek Walls making Rosebowls - Continental working.

Blowing a Rosebowl.

Blowing Rosebowl, note overblow.

Potmaking Department - Gathering Rings, stoppers and collars drying on floor.

 Double mouth pots and gathering rings

Potmaking Dept. John Lawrie, Head of Glass Design Edinburgh College of Art and Potmaker Andrew MacAuley

Cutting Shop

Cutting the fine diamonds on a Thistle Vase

Marking out guidelines for the cutters, using a red lead paint

Marking Out

Acid Polishing. The glassware is dipped in a solution of Hydrofluoric and Sulphuric Acids

Giving the finished glasses a guid dicht wi' a cloot.

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Edinburgh Crystal Glass Co Ltd - Penicuik 1975

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