Yanks in Yachts Bob On Horizon for a Survivor with a Vision Clear As Crystal ; Tutbury has a Proud Boast. It Is Home to the Last Remaining Glass Factory in the Country Manufacturing Lead Crystal From Start to Finish. And Georgian Crystal Is Going From Strength to Strength - Even Making Glasses for the Sultan of Brunei. Jill Gallone Reports.

Derby Evening Telegraph › June 06, 2007

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Tutbury has a proud boast. It is home to the last remaining glass factory in the country manufacturing lead crystal from start to finish. And Georgian Crystal is going from strength to strength - even making glasses for the Sultan of Brunei. Jill Gallone reports.

At a time when mass-produced cheap products are flung at us from any corner of the globe where labour comes cheap, it is a relief to see the furnaces burning brightly at Georgian Crystal in Tutbury.

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Yanks in Yachts Bob On Horizon for a Survivor with a Vision Clear As Crystal ; Tutbury has a Proud Boast. It Is Home to the Last Remaining Glass Factory in the Country Manufacturing Lead Crystal From Start to Finish. And Georgian Crystal Is Going From Strength to Strength - Even Making Glasses for the Sultan of Brunei. Jill Gallone Reports.

Sparkling, high-quality glassware is still being made from scratch by master craftsmen in a village famed for its hand-made crystal since the early 1800s.

And yet Georgian Crystal's old near neighbour, Tutbury Crystal Glass, is no more.

It went into liquidation in March with debts of pounds400,000 following a move to a new ...

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