Crystal fire lamp

CRYSTAL FIRE LAMP :

CRYSTAL FIRE LAMP, Blown crystal lamp, handmade in the workshops of Moselle. Each piece is unique, a sign of the craftsmanship of the lamp. The lamp rests on a glass support equipped with an economical bulb. The base and the bulb are supplied. Crystal craft lamp. Crystal bubble lamp.

Crystal craft lamp :

♦ A CRAFT AND FAMILY MANUFACTURING:

Installed for more than 25 years between St Louis-Arzviller and the famous rock of Dabo in Lorraine, the artisans glassmakers of the region offers you a high quality production, done by hand. Table Art, but also glass art, their production mix both tradition and modernity. Each item is provided with its certificate of authenticity.

♦ CRYSTAL MANUFACTURING

Today , the manufacture of crystal goes according to original techniques. The mixture of sand ( silica ), potassium carbonate and lead oxide is heated to a temperature of 1450 ° C. The melt is then  » cured  » for several dozen hours for all the bubbles decomposition of carbonate, which contribute to making the blend , are eliminated . The mixture is then ready to be worked by harvesters , blowers and cutters in the state of the art and know-how of high-end crystal.

The cristalliers, as the glassworkers , were first established in forested areas that provided the wood to heat melting furnaces and even the ashes which supplied potassium. In these remote areas , the royal privilege allowed them to wear the sword to defend himself , hence the name  » glass nobility » mocked by the blood of the true nobility . In France, the story of the crystal begins in Lorraine with the glass factory of Münzthal based in 1586, but it is only in 1767 when king Louis XVI confers him by obvious letter the title of « royal Glass factory of Saint-Louis » and in 1782 François de Beaufort finalizes the formula of the crystal with more than 35 % of lead.