Real Factory of Crystals of La Granja

Its origin is due to the two Catalan workers Ventura Sit and Carlos Sac, glass teachers of the Goyeneche factory in Nuevo Baztan, who decided to install some ovens in the Farm of San Ildefonso, in Segovia, when that manufacturing was closed. Since this place was Real Site they asked the king for permission, who granted it in 1727, beginning by making mirrors and flat glass for windows of buildings and carriages. In 1736 these ovens were placed under real protection because of the need of the glass heritage for the new palaces. The idea of creating a Royal Factory, recalling the French ones, belongs to Philip V who sent to France Antonio Berger (brother-in-law of Van Loo), to search for operators for La Granja; he left for France in 1745 and the following year came the first artists for the "Fabrica de Labrados"; despite various difficulties he managed to bring teachers for all the specialties being appointed General Administrator of the Fábricas. At the death of Philip V, which occurred in 1746, Fernando VI continued his father's work; from 1746 to 1750 new workshops were installed and in the last year German workers arrived, the two sections, "of French" and "of Germans," were formed, which lasted until 1833. The workshops were divided into "Plane or" Ancient "factories, from the master Sit," Labrado Factory "or" French "and" Entrefino Factory "or" German ";" Tallar and Rechar Room, "" Sala de Emaltar, "" Carpentry "and" Fragua. "Charles III gave a great boost to the factory following its policy of creating industries in the country, but Fernando VII had to rent it to a private company in 1833 and since then it went through several hands until 1866 in which it was closed; in 1911 the French company of Saint Gubain took it on rent and continued to manufacture glass and flat glass in it. The artistic styles of production vary according to the fashion and influences of each epoch; the first was Venetian, then French, German and finally English, towards the last quarter of the 18th century. English and Irish had discovered the manufacture of lead glass that allowed it to be carved on facets, such as rock glass. The models arrived directly in Spain and were copied in La Granja. After the War of Independence, the French influence again felt. The production can be divided into: mirrors and their frames, crockery (glasses, cups, jars, garrafas, jícaras, bottles, composites, dishes, sources, salt, vinegar, etc.), scientific and laboratory material (pharmacy boats, etc.), ornaments (vases, tibors, ramillets, scribes, tobacco boxes, figures, animals, pistols, sortijas, essences, fists, deals, etc.). Spiders, lamps and candlesticks; lenses (glasses, barometers) and cases. .

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