Factory Tours Member Login Return to home page Celebrating American Imagination and Industry!   IMPORTANT: Always call the business before going to take the factory tour. We try and keep our data as up-to-date as possible but you should always check first.   Print This Page   Company Simon Pearce Route 5, North, Windsor, VT   05089 802-674-6280 Location on Google Maps           Latitude: 43.4925   Longitude: -72.386484 Email Address: CustomerService@SimonPearce.com Click here to go to the company web site       Description Visitors are welcome to observe the Simon Pearce glassblowers at work in one of our four workshops. In Windsor and Oakland, a catwalk viewing gallery above the factory floor provides an ideal vantage point. The Quechee site provide close encounters with the glassblowers. Visitors may stand on the same level, separated from the craftspeople by a safety railing. Glass has been made over four thousand years, beginning in Western Asia. The first items made of glass were small objects such as beads. These early glass objects were made by using molds. Glass vessels began to appear in the late 15th and 16th centuries B.C. Glassblowing evolved much later, during the 1st century B.C. in the Roman Empire. By blowing glass, craftsmen could produce vessels in a wider variety of shapes and sizes previously only possible in pottery and metal.     Hours 9am-5pm daily   Return to Tour List    For site problems or suggestions contact the webmaster