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Staff, students and graduates at a university say the end of glass-making courses there is "a travesty".

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2022

Beyond her company, she is worried about the impact on glass-making companies near the border between the Thuringia and Bavaria regions, which employ 5,000 people directly and 8,000 others indirectly.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2022

We follow Willughby from seabird nesting grounds on the Isle of Man to glass-making factories in Murano, Venice.

From Nature • May 1, 2018

The coal mines are all gone from around Barnsley, South Yorkshire, along with glass-making, steel and textiles.

From The Guardian • Jun. 7, 2017

English Glass.—The records of glass-making in England are exceedingly meagre.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various