The Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers and Looking-Glass Makers
The Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers and Looking-Glass Makers of London received its Charter in 1664. Initially founded to regulate the Glass Selling and Pot-Making industries within the City of London, the role of the livery company today is to:
- Maintain cordial relationships within the Company, the City and the wider glass industry
- Stimulate interest in glass in all its aspects
- Carry out charitable works, with special emphasis on education
- Maintain the Company's traditions, values and customs
- Provide pastoral care for members in distress
- Support the Lord Mayor & the Corporation of the City of London
Our site contains a wealth of interesting information about our livery company, its history and traditions and about glass; one of the most versatile and useful materials ever discovered by mankind. A versatility that continues to this day. The pages of this website will almost certainly have passed along fibre optic cables on their way to your computer. If you are viewing this site on a handheld device it is very likely that its screen is made of glass - indispensable uses for glass in the modern world.
Call for entries Glass Sellers' Award 2012
The Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers is delighted to be working, once again, with the British Glass Biennale. With at least 80 major new glass works selected each year, including at least five student pieces, the British Glass Biennale is one of the most significant statements of national glass talent. The emphasis is on new work demonstrating the highest level of excellence in design, creative imagination and technical skill. Entry deadline: 20th February 2012. More
Shelley Doolan's Iteration 456 - Winner of the Glass Sellers Award 2010
Photograph by Simon Brutnell
