Painting by Emily Hodgetts depicting the interior of a glass cone
Dudley Council

A glass cone is a glass production structure developed in Britain during the late 17th century. It is essentially a giant chimney surrounding a large central furnace, in which the glassblowers worked in dark, hot, smokey and noisy conditions.[1]

There are four surviving glass cones in the UK,[1] all pre-Victorian:[2]

  • Catcliffe Glass Cone, South Yorkshire
  • Lemington Glass Works, Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Northern Glass Cone, Alloa Glass Works
  • Red House Cone, Wordsley,

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