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  • Glass production in Valdelsa
  • Medieval glass in Colle
  • 1820: a "crystal" factory opens in Colle Val d'Elsa
  • The patent for "crystal" in the entire grand duchy:a request which was denied
  • Colle Val d'Elsa and its industries
  • The Schmid Crystal and Glassware Factory
  • French master glassmakers
  • References to French production
  • First signs of recession
  • Production at Schmid's: the mixture and the articles available
  • The first twenty years of the Twentieth Century: recession hits
  • Filippo Lepri & Co. Glassworks
  • 1914: the "Fabbrichina" closes - S.A.L.V.E. opens
  • The Lepri & Co. Glassworks production
  • Modesto Boschi United Glassworks
  • The Modesto Boschi United Workers Glassworks' production
  • Opticians' glass produced by Boschi
  • Experiments for the production of lead crystal
  • From the recession at the Boschi Glassworks to the current configuration
  • A new production system
  • Lead crystal


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