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Established in 1776 by a Dr Patrick Colquhuon to produce high quality glass wares that were mostly exported to America. When the War of Independence closed the American market, he sold the business to the workers and partners from England and Glasgow. They soon foundered and sold to a banker who employed John Geddes as manager in 1795.
In 1806 the works were bought by John Geddes who then specialised in flint glassware and used steam power for grinding and engraving. His business flourished. By 1820 he added a pottery to the works which proved less successful leading him to become bankrupt in 1830. A mixture of owners thereafter continued some glass-making until 1842 from which time only pottery was produced.
The glass cone was demolished around 1920, two years after the pottery closed in 1918.
Aerial image of the 2005 Verreville excavation
by Headland Archaeology Ltd.
(Creative Commons Attribution license)
See also article on Wikipedia
References:
Scotland's Glass - 400 Years of Glassmaking, 1610–2010 by Shiona Airlie and Brian Blench
Print of Finnieston Street circa 1836, showing the glasshouse cone.
Verreville Glassworks was close to the Finnieston quay, roughly where the Kingston Bridge is today.
Image and caption courtesy Alastair MacIntosh
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