  Simon Pearce immigrated from Kilkenny, Ireland in 1981 to pursue his dream of artistic freedom and establishes his first glass-blowing factory in Quechee, VT along the banks of the Ottauquechee River. In the following years the Simon Pearce Company has opened 2 additional sites for manufacturing both hand-made pottery and mouth blown glass in both Vermont and Maryland. The Simon Pearce Company continues to create and produce artisinal pottery and glassware of the highest quality and finest designs and is collected by connoisseurs the world over. |