Jean Carré’ s Glass Furnaces

JSGT 1936 V20 T016-T018

The sites of Jean Carré’s four glass furnaces in "Fernefol" have been identified, and the foundations of one of them, recently excavated, are here described. The furnace, 20 ft 10 in long by 2 ft 5 in wide, had walls 1 ft 11 in thick. A few glass objects of skilled technique were found.

S. E. Winbolt