Traditional glassblowing at the Wear Flint Glass Works, manufacturers of Pyrex in the UK

Date:
Jan 1961
Location:
Wear Flint Glass Works, Alfred Street, Millfield, Sunderland, Sunderland
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Pyrex Factory, Alfred Street, Millfield, Sunderland, Sunderland
Reference:
DES01/09/0463
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

As well as tableware, the Wear Flint Glass Works also manufactured laboratory glassware which is probably what is being produced here.

Content

This is part of the Series: DES01/09 Eileen Deste: Pyrex Factory, Sunderland; within the Collection: DES01 Eileen Deste Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Deste, Eileen

Keywords

Mid 20th Century Glass Works, Industrial Heritage, People At Work