Simon Pearce
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Simon Pearce (born 1946 in London) is an Irish-American entrepreneur in glassblowing and pottery, who learned his trade in Italy and Kilkenny, Ireland.
Pearce located his first US factory, in Quechee, Vermont, in 1981. This site, which is powered hydroelectrically by the Ottauquechee River and is part of the Quechee Historic Mill District, became a showroom, restaurant, and glass-blowing demonstration facility.[1] The New York Times described him as a prominent American designer of glassware[2] and his works have been given as gifts to foreign dignitaries[3] and to presenters at the Academy Awards.[4]
Pearce's company headquarters is in Windsor, Vermont; another manufacturing facility is in Mountain Lake Park, Maryland.[5] His company has several retail outlets in the East of the USA