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Cumbria Crystal
It takes an average of 15 years of full-time glassblowing before a glassmith can practise their skill at Cumbria Crystal, the last British producer of luxury hand-blown and hand-cut lead crystal tableware. “I use the analogy of the lead violinist in the National Symphony Orchestra,” says chief executive officer Chris Blade.