Glass Bender
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Glass Bender
 Rains4
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Posted: 13 Aug 2007 4:46PM GMT |
Classification: Query
A branch of my family was involved in the making of glass in London in the mid-1800s. On census returns they are variously described as "glass cutter", "glass grinder" or "glass bender". I have found job definitions for cutters and grinders...but what exactly was entailed in "bending"? In an old trade directory I found a category for "Glass Benders and Stainers". Why would those two operations be linked together, I wonder? Was it just another term for glass blowing?
If anyone can give me an explanation of exactly what a glass bender did, I would be very grateful.
Ann Rains
If anyone can give me an explanation of exactly what a glass bender did, I would be very grateful.
Ann Rains