La Rochere

La Rochere

Founded in 1475, La Rochere is the oldest working art glassworks in France.

With a wealth of expertise the glassworks produces tableware and decorative items from both mouth blown, and machine pressed glass.

Pressed glass is produced by pouring molten glass into a metal mould and then applying pressure to produce the various designs. The glass is thick giving it strength and simplicity.

A pressure seam is sometimes visible when the glass is released from the mould and is characteristic of this manufacturing process