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Image ID: | 288 |
Title: | David Smith at the “glory hole†in the Bryn Athyn glass factory |
Source: | Raymond and Mildred Pitcairn Archives, Bryn Athyn, PA |
Date: | Unknown |
Medium: | 35mm slide |
Description: | To keep the glass hot and workable it was reheated while still on the blowpipe by holding it in a small opening of the furnace called the “glory hole.” David Smith (1864-1946) was the principal glassblower. |