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GLASSHOUSES IN LONDON.

Most of London's later glasshouses have not been recorded. Indeed, most of them no longer exist. If you have any evidence for a 19th-20th century glasshouse, or even an early one not listed below, please let me know.

To investigate Later and Peripheral Glasshouses CLICK:- Later Glass Houses.

To Investigate Later Firms that Worked with Glass but were not Glass Makers CLICK:- Glass Working



GLASSHOUSES IN LONDON 1575 – 1878

Below in alphabetical order of the name of the site is my current list of recorded glass houses etc. Except for the Chelsea glasshouse they are all examined in detail in my book.

For the Managers and Owners of each glasshouse and the type of glass produced see the corresponding entry numbers in Part 2 below.

 

Location Established Closed
1 Blackfriars, off Ludgate Hill 1596 perhaps by 1746 (Rocque's map)
2 Charterhouse Yard, North London c. 1661 ?
3 Chelsea (next to the Physic Garden) before 1675 1681
4 Cockpit, Gravel Lane, Southwark by 1693 Before 1815, possibly by 1790
5 East Smithfield (Rocque's map) ? ?
6 Falcon Millpond, Gravel Lane, Sthk. c.1768 c. 1803
7 Falcon, Gravel Lane, Southwark by 1693 Before 1815, possibly by 1790
8 Fulham 17th century ?
9 Glass House Fields, Ratcliffe 1 from c.1540 1795 fire
10 Glass House Fields, Ratcliffe 2 1856 by c. 2000
11 Goodman's Yard, Minories before 1641 c.1699
12 Greenwich 1 c. 1575 Perhaps taken over in 1606
13 Greenwich 2 c. 1595 ?
14 Greenwich 3 1641 Closed by Mansell until 1642
15 Greenwich 4 1661 after 1673
16 Kings Arms Stairs, Lambeth c. 1700 perhaps 1729, but before 1836
17 New Falcon, Gravel Lane, Sthk. 1803 1878
18 Pye (Pike) Green, Bankside ? 1773
19 Red Maid Lane, Hemitage Dock. probably c. 1661 before 1801
20 Salibury Court, off Fleet Street. ? ?
21 Saltpetre Bank, off Royal Mint St. 1678-1684 c. 1802
22 Savoy 1673 ?
23 Savoy 1683 Before 1775 (John Strype's accnt.)
24 Stony Street, Southwark 1703 - 1710 c. 1766
25 White glasshouse, Stony St, Southwark by 1732 c. 1766
26 The Bear Garden, Bankside 2 1671 Before 1741 (Rocque's map); 1759 site a foundry
27 The Bear Garden, Bankside 1 ? 1671
28 Upper Ground, Southwark c. 1718 c. 1769
29 Vauxhall (Spring Garden) 1661 Before 1792 (Horwood map)
30 Vauxhall (Bridge foot) 1675 c. 1681 then late 18th century
31 Vauxhall (Saracen Inn) c. 1616 ?
32 Whitefriars, Water Lane, Fleet St. 1702? But from 1720 1923
33 Winchester Hse, Southwark 1 before 1661 by 1661
34 Winchester Hse, Southwark 2 1661 1700
35 Woolwich c. 1621 c. 1700 - 1703

PART 2 - Managers and Owners

Glasshouse Managers and Owners products
1 Sir Jerome Bowes with Robson White glass
2 Martin Clifford and Thomas Pauldon Cristal glass
3 John Baker Mirror plates (perhaps some tableware. Possibly a maker of Ravenscroft's sealed glasses.)
4 Francis Jackson and John Straw, later Hughes and Hall White and green glass
5 Unknown, perhaps associated with Saltpetre Bank glasshouse ?
6 Wm. Barnes later Cox and Farquharson, later probably Green and Pellatt Tableware and coloured enamels
7 Francis Jackson and John Straw Bottles
8 Sir Nicholas Crisp (London Archaeologist 12, Supp, 1, (2008) pp 16-17.) Beads
9 John Smith, later Mansell, later John Bowles and family white glass, later crown window glass
10 Thomas Ide, became T&W Ide, later James Hetley in 1991 Bending and decorating plate glass
11 Bevis Thelwell, later Edmund Lewing, Later Michael Rackett Bottles, later white and green glass
12 Jacob Verselini (d. 1606) Venetian tableware
13 Madelin and Isaac Bongard (doubtful if established) Window glass
14 Jeremiah Bagg (Bague) and Francis Bristow Tableware
15 Buckingham, Duke of (ownership evidence uncertain. See Charleston's English Glass) Venetian tableware
16 John Gumley, with John Turing from 1727, later uncertain Mirrors
17 Apsley Pellatt Crystal tableware
18 Messrs. Armistead and Philpot Cut and coloured tableware
19 Duke of York who became James II crystal
20 Unknown Crystal tableware
21 Dallow family, later Richard Russel Green glass, later flint and mirrors
22 George Ravenscroft, Bishopp from 1683 Bijouterie (calcedonio) and lead crystal
23 Henry Holden Tableware, possibly opaque white glass (no poisonous ingredients)
24 Francis Jackson Bottles and vials
25 Francis Jackson, later Benjamin Bowles by 1744 (White Glasshouse) crystal, coloured and opaque white glass
26 John Bowles and Wm. Lillington from 1671; Hookes/Dodsworth syndicate from 1691 Green, window glass and white (crystal ware)
27 Unknown (from the contract to Bowles and Lillington and a possible 1667/8 visit by Gustav Johan Jung) Probably white and green glass from separate furnaces
28 Strype, later Flower And Barrass Bottles (perhaps green glass)
29 Buckingham, Duke of, later John Bowles Mirror plates (perhaps some tableware)
30 John Baker and George Ravenscroft, Bellingham from 1681 Mirror plates (perhaps some tableware)
31 Sir Edward Zouche Window glass
32 Anthony Seal from 1720, later James Powell White and coloured glass
33 Unknown (mentioned in the first contract for the St. Mary Overy Great Bottlehouse) Possibly the 1st coal-fired furnace making window glass
34 St. Mary Overy Great Bottle House Bottles
35 Ananias Henzey, from c. 1691 Robt. Hookes and Chris. Dodsworth Broad window glass, later mirrors and ruby glass

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Ayckbowm - Eichbaum

Submitted by cpfarrand on Sat, 12/10/2011 - 05:14.

I am looking for information on 3 brothers (either german-born or of German extraction) active in London in the last quarter of the 18th century: Peter William (or William Peter) Eichbaum, John Herman Ayckbowm (Eichbaum) and John Dedrick Ayckbowm (Eichbaum).

Peter William (my ancestor) lived in St. George in the East and was married at St. Dionis Backchurch in 1776 to Jane Thomson, daughter of Richard Thomson, glass cutter in Upper Shadwell. I'm not sure where Peter William did his apprenticeship (in England or Germany) nor when he came to London (or was he born there? - c1750). He left England around 1787 for france where he was employed at the Cristallerie de la Reine at Le Creusot. In 1793 he immigrated to America, first to Philadelphia and the to Pittsburgh, where he set up the first glass house. He continued there as a glass cutter associated with Bakewell. He was reputed to have cut the first chandelier produced in America.

John Herman and John Dederick Ayckbowm, as they came to spell their name, had a business as glass cutters at 27 Back lane in St. George in the East from at least 1772 until 1778, when they went into bankruptcy. While their business existed they travelled to other towns to solicit business. I have found ads for them in the local papers in Leeds and at Bath. I have not been able to find more on John Herman's later career although his sons attended St. Paul's School, in whose records he is still recorded as a glass cutter. John Dederick went to Dublin, where he had a business at 16 Grafton Street.

Can anyone point me to where I can find more information about their earlier years (at least insofar as they spent these in London) especially their apprenticeships.

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Contact request

Submitted by Nobule on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 12:08.

Hi,

Can't seem to find any contact details on this web site. I am researching the history of two very large pier glasses made by W Ince and Mayhew in 1782. They are part of the Myddleton collection at Chirk Castle. I'm trying to find out as much as possible about their manufacture including who the plate glass maker was and how these pieces were transported. They were apparently the largest single panes of glass ever made at the time. i have a photo available if you would like to see.
Ralph Savage

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Posted Your website on Whitefriars.com

Submitted by T-Wiggy1 (not verified) on Wed, 03/24/2010 - 12:04.

Hi David-Just to let you know I've posted a thread on Whitefriars.com which may be of interest. Cheers Tony.

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