Simon Pearce at Hamilton Home
Simon Pearce opened his first glassblowing workshop in Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1971, after studying at the Royal College of Art in London and working in glass houses across Europe. In 1981 he moved the business to a restored woolen mill on the Ottauquechee River in Quechee, Vermont, where the furnaces ran on the mill's own hydroelectric power. The glass is clear, heavy and unornamented, blown by hand and meant for daily use rather than display.
Hamilton Home carries the pieces that have become household names. The Nantucket hurricane, in medium and large, is the lantern people give for a porch or a mantel. The Revere bowl and the Burlington bowl are the wedding gifts, often engraved. For the bar there are Benson decanters and martini glasses, Simon's wine glasses in a boxed pair, and the Westport martini and shaker set. The Woodbury frames, the Champlain ring holder and the Barre clock make smaller gifts, and the Vermont evergreen trees, plain or with snowy branches, are collected one at a time every holiday season.
The glass is on display in Princeton and Palm Beach, and the weight of it is part of the appeal, so pick a piece up. Book an appointment and our team will help with engraving, a registry, or choosing a size of hurricane for the space you have in mind. Every order is gift wrapped.
