About Dartington Crystal
Dartington Glass as it was originally called was established in
1967, in Torrington, Devon, as a manufacturer of quality glassware.
Since then it has developed and evolved many ranges of crystal and
glassware based on its key skills of design and glassmaking.
Dartington Crystal recruited the first Managing Director, Eskil Vilhemson,
from a Swedish Glass manufacturer, who in turn recruited a team of
Scandinavian glass blowers and brought them to Devon. The factory was
officially opened in June 1967 when it employed just 35 people.
Over the following years, glass blowing skills were taught to
English craftsmen, working originally to Scandinavian designs and
later to the work of British designers. Many of the original glass
blowers remained in Torrington and have been a key strength over the
years in developing Dartington Crystal into the leading name in
English crystal.
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